Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF ...
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The reason I do everything I do…my four sons.
December 26, 2018
This is a picture of my four sons tonight. Left to right: Avi (13), A.J. (16), Colescott (22) and Charlie (10).
A.J. (my 16 year-old - with the bow-tie) performed tonight with the Portland Youth Philharmonic's Wind Ensemble (P.Y.W.E.) at Portland's "Symphony Hall" - known as ...
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Check out the first ever #LeadSafeMama branded product: Organic Peppermint Lip Balm!
Published: December 26, 2018
Updated: December 7, 2023
My friend Jess (in Southern California) makes this wonderful all-Organic peppermint lip balm (using food-grade organic ingredients). Jess and I met when she came to a outreach event I did (doing free testing of consumer goods ...
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1980s Vintage Pyrex Trailing Flowers – Beige Casserole Dish: 253,900 ppm Lead + 12,100 ppm Cadmium + 8,801 ppm Arsenic
Vintage Pyrex "Trailing Flowers - Beige" 1980s Promotional Design Milk Glass Casserole Dish.
When tested with an XRF instrument this casserole dish had the following readings:
With scope focused on one of the rust colored flowers:
(minimum 60-second test)
Lead (Pd): ...
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1916 Hardcover Book, “Robin Hood And His Merry Men”: 1,572 ppm Lead + 81 ppm Arsenic
"Robin Hood & His Merry Men", Copyright 1916 By Whitman Publishing Co.
Racine, Wisconsin
The amount of Lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is anything 100 ppm Lead or higher in the substrate of the item or anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in ...
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1984 Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow School Bus: 2,953 ppm Lead + 344 ppm Arsenic. Did you have this one?
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow School Bus Toy, c. 1984.
Yellow & Red Plastic.
To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here.
The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as follows:
Yellow Plastic of School Bus:
(tested for ...
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#LeadSafeMama Stats: 141,912 page-views by 60,673 readers in 121 Countries in November 2018 alone.
December 25, 2018
Well... um, a bit delayed in publishing these numbers (since it is already December 25th), but I captured and saved all the stats from last month on December 1st so that I would be able publish this summary as soon as I had a moment [I have been so busy this past month helping ...
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c. 2008 “Santa Please Stop Here” Ornament: 158,700 ppm Cadmium (which causes cancer & is toxic at 40 ppm up!)
#LeadedChristmas, Cadmium & Antimony, too!
Cadmium is a known carcinogen. Please read more about Cadmium here.
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"Santa Please Stop Here" door knob key. c. 2004-2009
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Plug-in Christmas Lights c. 2008-2013: 15,300 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids). Here are some tips for choosing safer Christmas lights.
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Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary ...
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Vintage Fisher Price Play Family A Frame Doll House: 2,980 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + Arsenic & Cadmium
This vintage Fisher Price Play Family A Frame house had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Brown Plastic of Floors
Lead (Pb): 2,980 +/- 61 ppm
Arsenic (As): 223 +/- 39 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect
White Plastic of Handle ...
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Princeton Tec Byte Headlamp Flashlight: Lead Free
When tested with an XRF instrument this Princeton Tec Byte Headlamp / Flashlight had the readings below. Please note: I do not do deconstructive testing, I test items assembled / as they would be used. So if there is Lead on the inside (for example, with the battery) my test results would not ...
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Cushion piece from 2017 Peg Perego High Chair: Lead Free
When tested with an XRF instrument this clipping from a cushion from a 2017 Peg Perego High Chair had the following readings. [Each test was done for at least 60 seconds.]
Test 1: testing with smooth side up
(if a metal is not listed it was not detected by the XRF instrument.)
Antimony ...
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Castle Ware Cotton Jammies (size L), Made in USA Organic Cotton: Lead Free
Below are the XRF test results for the CastleWare Organic Cotton Pajamas (Made in USA) pictured here.
What I love about this example is that the photos clearly show that a baby will CHEW on these zippers, so it is extra important that these components are free of toxicants.
This is one ...
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Cambridge Design Stainless Steel Fork, Made In China: Lead Free
When tested with an XRF instrument this stainless steel "Cambridge" fork had the following readings. [All tests are done for at least 60 seconds.]
Note: If a metal was not detected it is not listed.
Chromium (Cr): 135,200 +/- 1,000 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 1,209 +/- 385 ppm
Iron (Fe): 857,500 ...
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