Link to recent article (December 2022) with comprehensive overview of the issue
Link to template/ language to use when contacting KitchenAid
Link to the Lead Safe Mama point-by-point response to their boiler plate denial/ deflection response ("Throughout our 111 ...
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KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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KitchenAid brand white coated stand mixer paddle: 373 ppm Lead + 7 ppm Cadmium.
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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. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She ...
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Gray KitchenAid-style (Wolf-brand commercial kitchen size) stand mixer blade: 82 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)
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 sons ...
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KitchenAid is developing a bit of a reputation – Vintage (1990s?) Superba Fridge: 1,646 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe.]
Published: June 14, 2019
I think this is one of my most disturbing recent finds...
For context, today (in 2019) the amount of Lead (as detectable with an XRF instrument) that is considered unsafe in items made for use by children is 90 ppm Lead (or higher) in the surface paint, finish or coating ...
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Kitchenaid 2019 Red Silicone & Bamboo Spatula Set: 11 +/- 4 ppm Lead! [Safe by all standards, but…]
In response to testing an older (c. 2010) yellow version of this exact same product (and finding high levels of lead in that product - see it on this link) I decided to follow up and purchase and test a new (2019) version of the product in red. (The yellow appears to no longer be available for sale ...
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What were you thinking, Kitchenaid?! (c. 2010) Yellow Silicone Spatula: 970 +/- 29 ppm Lead! [90 is unsafe in kids’ items.]
My shopping website has links to Lead-free alternatives for most products:
www.ShopLeadSafeMama.com
Originally posted: April 14, 2019
Updated: March 6, 2020
Update - March 2020:
Since writing this post I have found at least two more high-Lead silicone spatulas. To see all of the spatulas ...
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KitchenAid Slow Cooker Black Ceramic Liner (Glazed Surface): 386 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe in items for kids)
KitchenAid — 386 ppm Lead (slow cooker).
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 ...
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LEAD FREE: KitchenAid Balloon Whisk, c. 2007/2008
2007/2008 KitchenAid balloon whisk attachment:
No lead - no mercury - no cadmium - no arsenic.
No rhyme or reason that I can see - as to why most have tested positive and this one example has tested negative!
#XRFTesting ...
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My Personal KitchenAid Mixer
KitchenAid Mixer Blade & Dough Hook: Between 600 - 800 ppm lead!!!
This is MY KitchenAid - from my wedding to my ex-husband in 1994. I had tested the blue part before and it was negative and before testing the blades from my friends' mixers it NEVER occurred to ME to test my own ...
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White enamel coated cast aluminum KitchenAid mixer blade c. 2014: 333 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. (This is 100% not illegal.)
This post was originally written on January 18, 2017
Updated: February 13, 2021
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c. 2014 KitchenAid: 333 ppm lead.
The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for use by children is 90 ppm lead (or more) in the paint, glaze or coating OR 100 ppm ...
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KitchenAid Brand Paddle Attachment for Upright Counter-Top Stand Mixer, purchased new c. 2006: 644 ppm Lead
When tested with an XRF instrument this KitchenAid stand mixer paddle attachment (purchased new, circa 2006) was positive for 644 ppm Lead. It is important to note that this is NOT the new (2018) stainless steel paddle, this is the "burnished" finish version of the paddle. I have not ...
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KitchenAid Mixer Attachments (c. 2014): As high as 2,434 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is unsafe in items intended for use by 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 ...
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