Lead Safe Mama, LLC will have a booth at Astoria Park on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in conjunction with the NYC Department of Sanitation Safe Disposal Event happening that day. Here is the information for the Safe Disposal Event:
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We created a shopping only site: ShopLeadSafeMama.com! No Ads, No Stories, Just Lead-free stuff!
Wednesday - May 19, 2021
I've just started working on this fun new concept (because you, my readers, asked for it!)...it's a brand new website ShopLeadSafeMama.com. It only has products from brands that I trust and whose products I have repeatedly tested and found to be Lead-free [with ...
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Ten Minutes With Tamara: Guest Carissa B. from Oregon – October 27, 2020
Additional information can be found below the video! If you have trouble viewing this video below you can also see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dwj19j0sKYo
Carissa's website (a great source for creative [& non-toxic!] craft and project ideas to do during the pandemic!): ...
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Lead Safe Mama’s Non-Toxic Stocking Stuffer Guide, 2020 Edition
[Originally posted in 2019 — updated for 2020]
Hello! Happy Holidays!
Let me start by saying a few things...
#1) I don’t happen to celebrate Christmas (we’re Jewish - although December 25th is my late mother’s birthday(!), so we do take the day to remember her and spend it with family!)
#2) I ...
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This is a summary with links to all my articles with XRF test results for keys (house keys, car keys, work keys!)
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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Sterling silver Wendell Manufacturing Co. baby spoon, c. 1895-1900: 1,677 ppm Lead in the handle. 90 is unsafe.
First I just want to say that I LOVE finding resources like this (link here) online! I was looking to identify the back mark of the little antique sterling silver spoon pictured here on this post and this “Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks" had not only a photo of the mark with the name of the ...
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Saturday chat with Lead Safe Mama, February 22, 2020 (Video): Baby Spoons, Photo Mugs, African Silver, Mardi Gras Beads, Crystal Jewelery
This is a Facebook Live video I made today. I have uploaded to my YouTube channel. Please watch it and if you find it at all interesting, please subscribe to the YouTube channel so that you will be alerted when I upload future videos! Thank you.
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Lead Safe Mama’s Non-Toxic Stocking Stuffer Guide, 2019 Edition [First Ever!]
Hello! Happy Holidays!
Let me start by saying a few things...
#1) I don’t happen to celebrate Christmas (we’re Jewish - although December 25th is my late mother’s birthday(!), so we do take the day to remember her and spend it with family!)
#2) I don’t buy much of anything at all for my family — ...
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National Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cancer Awareness Key: 11,800 ppm Lead [90 ppm and up is unsafe for kids.]
Oh the irony!
When tested with an XRF instrument, this pink "Breast Cancer Awareness" key tested positive for a high level of LEAD. Lead can cause humans to have a significantly compromised immune system - which in turn can create a biological environment conducive to the growth of cancerous ...
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My mother’s best friend’s youngest son’s wife is childhood friends with the owner of this company [But I loved their toys before I learned this!]
Alternate Title: How I *met* Kirsten at Kleynimals
I love this little story, so I wanted to share it with my readers. It's a very small world and birds of a feather flock together and all of that!
So here's the story....
In 2011 I won the Healthy Child Healthy World Mom On A Mission award. ...
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Free Testing Event! See you on February 4th Sherman Oaks!
Please share with your friends in Sherman Oaks who might want to get their dishes or other items tested for FREE!
Thank you to Earth Baby Boutique for hosting this event!
Thank you to Kleynimals for donating toys for us to giveaway to some of our attendees!*
Thank you to our friends at gro•gud ...
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House key with worn pink decoration: 13,200 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
Decorated House Key (paint wearing off): 13,200 ppm lead. The actual key I tested is in the photo at the bottom of this blog post.
Please note: the lead is in the key itself, not in the decorative paint on the outside of the key.
You can buy lead-free aluminum and ...
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Bike Lock Key: 4,587 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) play with real keys!
Bike lock key: 4,587 ppm lead.
The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware and keys) are generally unregulated for total lead content as they are not designed or sold as intended for ...
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Typical American house key #2 – silver finish: 10,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm Lead (& up) is illegal in items intended for use by kids.
The house key pictured tested positive for 10,700 ppm Lead.
How much Lead is too much Lead?
The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead in the paint or coating and anything 100 ppm Lead (and up) in the substrate. Items ...
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