In pulling together information for my newsletter, I review my numbers (hence all the stats and financial update posts today).
While the financial stuff is interesting... THIS is what is most exciting to me (always):
540,158+ views
by 216,948 people
in 161 countries
in three ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Rae Dunn (by Magenta) Snack/ Treat Serving Dish (Made in China): 647 +/- 37 ppm Lead
For those new to the Lead Safe Mama 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 four ...
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Polished Metalware Tray: 757 ppm Lead (All trays like this that I have tested have been positive for Lead.)
When tested with an XRF instrument this metalware tray had the following reading:
Lead (Pb): 757 +/- 45 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (Nd)
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (Nd)
Barium (Ba): Non-Detect (Nd)
Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect (Nd)
Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect (Nd)
Selenium ...
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Vintage Radio Shack Phone: 1,850 ppm Lead. Remember these things? [Phones? Radio Shack?!]
This vintage Radio Shack brand phone had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Lead (Pb): 1,850 +/- 43 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect (Nd)
Arsenic (As): Non-Detect (Nd)
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect (Nd)
Antimony (Sb): 190 +/- 28 ppm
Barium (Ba): Non-Detect (Nd) ...
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#LeadSafeMama Financial Update: Advertising Income To Date
For those who are curious, here's a summary of my advertising income to date. Each time you share my posts it helps me to earn money in support of my advocacy work. This graphic represents the total I have earned from my advertising contract since I started having integrated automatic ads on my site ...
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#LeadSafeMama Financial Update: Recent Amazon Affiliate Income
For those who are curious about how much I earn via my Amazon affiliate links, please check out this image. Also here is a fresh Amazon affiliate link for your consideration: https://amzn.to/2GOamA8. If you click through and do your regular Amazon shopping starting with one of my links (like the one ...
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#LeadSafeMama Financial Update: February 18, 2019 – Current Legal Case Expenses (& ways you can help!)
Hi all! This is the latest financial update - with a summary of what I am working to earn / raise right now in support of my advocacy work and legal defense.
Most important is the urgent need to replenish the retainer for my attorney who will be representing me in the next (and possibly final) ...
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Kitchen table positive for 1,400 ppm Lead, yet overlooked by an inspector as an exposure source for a child’s Blood Lead Level.
This kitchen table was positive with levels as high as 1,400 ppm Lead — a hazard that was overlooked, considered insignificant by an inspector, yet was a likely primary source of exposure for a child.
A family I visited last year had an unidentified "mystery" source of persistent Lead ...
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Small Vintage Porcelain Chinese Bowl. Decorated Exterior: 151,100 ppm Lead. That’s more than 15% Lead. 90 ppm Lead is toxic to kids.
Please continue reading below each of the images.
I've asked for feedback on this (to learn more about it) from my Facebook friends and have come up with the following scenario:
It looks like it is a Chinese bowl that was sold several decades ago by Gumps of San Francisco (probably c. 1960 - ...
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Curare “Name Your Poison” Vintage Barware Glass: 103,700ppm Lead & 2,834 ppm Cadmium. My great-uncle had these!
My grandfather's sister's husband had these. We inherited them when my aunt died. I ended up selling them on eBay (long before the kids were poisoned - before I knew anything about lead). It just really brings it home to know that everyone in my family had all of this leaded crap too!
When tested ...
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CorningWare 3-Quart Casserole Dish: 29,900 ppm Lead + 602 ppm Cadmium (90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe for kids)
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 ...
Read More about CorningWare 3-Quart Casserole Dish: 29,900 ppm Lead + 602 ppm Cadmium (90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe for kids)
Blue Glass 4 oz Bottle for Physica Green Light Supplement: Positive for Trace Cadmium (15 ppm) and Antimony (25 ppm)
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). ...
Read More about Blue Glass 4 oz Bottle for Physica Green Light Supplement: Positive for Trace Cadmium (15 ppm) and Antimony (25 ppm)
Brown One Ounce Glass Bottle From “Immunattack” Supplement by Herb Pharm: Lead Free & Cadmium Free
Many colored glass bottles that I have tested have been positive for trace levels of Lead and Cadmium. As a result, my readers have started sending me their supplement bottles to test using XRF technology.
This particular bottle (pictured here on this post) was negative for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury ...
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The next hearing in my legal case is on Tuesday (2/19/19)
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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