Thank you for being here and thank you for reading my posts!
My husband has expressed the concern that I am posting too many posts with milestones and statistics — but it's hard not to, when my blog readership and site visits and shares keep breaking records! I truly want you all to know the ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Why do VINTAGE plastics (like Fisher Price & Tupperware) often contain Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, & Cadmium?
For starters, please consider reading this linked study (click the image below) which discusses this concern in detail:
There are two reasons vintage plastics often have Lead:
In brightly-colored vintage plastics, the metallic toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and Cadmium) ...
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Scientific research paper from 2015 confirming the presence of toxicants in vintage plastics.
For those in the Tupperware camp who just can't believe that there are toxic heavy metals in their vintage plastic dishes, I share this with you. Below is a link to a research paper from 2015 which confirmed the presence of heavy metals in vintage plastics (specifically looking at vintage plastic ...
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#LeadSafeMama just passed 23,000 Followers on Facebook! And the winner is…
A while back I posted that as soon as #LeadSafeMama hit 23,000 followers on Facebook to celebrate and mark the occasion I would give away a set of #LeadFreeDishes to one randomly selected person from the list of followers.
So today, 3/14/2019 #LeadSafeMama reached that milestone and later ...
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With the incredible growth & expanded reach of my website, I’m looking for a business loan or “angel investor.”
271,828 views already in March alone (by 4:36 p.m. today) — and we're not even half-way through the month! Imagine how much more productive and impactful my work would be if I could afford resources like AN OFFICE and CHILDCARE! ;-)
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Do you know someone who (or some program that) might ...
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Vintage Tupperware ORANGE cup: 3,270 ppm Cadmium + 1,058 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)
To read details about the concern for toxicants in vintage Tupperware products, I encourage you to read my original post on the subject here (and - if you have time - please also read all of the comments and responses on that post for the full conversation.) Thank you! Scroll down to see ...
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Vintage Tupperware BROWN bowl: Negative for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic!
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Vintage Tupperware YELLOW bowl: 2,677 ppm Cadmium + 15 ppm Mercury (both are extremely poisonous to humans)
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Thank you everyone for reading my website and sharing it with your friends. #NewBestDayEver: 106,485 unique views in one day! New #BestMonthEver, too!
I'm celebrating!!!!!
Yesterday was officially the #BestDayEver here on my website, with 106,485 unique views in a single day! This was primarily due to my posts related to vintage Tupperware (link here) testing positive for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Arsenic when tested with an XRF ...
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Soil from Topanga / Calabasas, CA (XRF test results, March 2019).
Note: IF you are sending me soil samples to test, please follow the instructions on the link below very carefully and please send no more than one teaspoon to one tablespoon of soil per sample. When larger amounts of soil are sent, especially when surface soil is intermingled with soil under ...
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Vintage Tupperware GREEN bowl: 2,780 ppm Lead + 234 ppm Arsenic (both metals are poisonous to humans)
For those new to this website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Oh the irony! Vintage metal Band-Aid tin, painted in Lead Paint! 2,193 +/- 147 ppm Lead! [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage Band-Aid box had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 2,193 +/- 147 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 1,022 +/- 126 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 2,897 +/- 267 ppm
Copper (Cu): 433 +/- 172 ppm
Iron (Fe): 851,800 +/- 1,800 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 128,600 +/- 1,200 ppm ...
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Campbell’s Soups Salute America 1976 Ceramic Mug: 65,300 ppm Lead + 882 ppm Cadmium [mm ‘Lead is good food!’ NOT]
When tested with an XRF instrument the vintage ceramic mug pictured here (Campbell's Soups Salute America" - Made in Brazil) tested positive for the following metals when tested with an XRF instrument:
White undecorated elements of mug (including inside of mug):
Lead (Pb): 21,600 +/- ...
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McDonald’s (c. 1980s?) Camp Snoopy Collection Glass: 85,100 ppm Lead + 1,827 ppm Cadmium + 99 ppm MERCURY!
To see more McDonald's branded items I have tested, click here.
When tested with an XRF instrument this Camp Snoopy collectable drinking glass (promotional giveaway from McDonald's c. 1980s) had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 85,100 +/- 1,800 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 1,827 +/- 74 ppm ...
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