Please bear with me here, and read this entire post to follow my logic and see my concern about the bracelets pictured on this post.
I used an XRF instrument to test the "FEARLESS" bracelet from Oprah's Favorite Things List for 2018. While the bracelet was 100% Lead-free (which is ...
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Plastic Jar for “365” Whole Foods Brand Almond Butter: 195 ppm Antimony
This post is a companion post to several other pieces published earlier. For background and context, please read the two other posts. The overall focus of these posts is that I advise avoiding purchasing nut-butters packaged in plastic jars.
To see all of the related posts, click here.
Below ...
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White Glazed Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand by Chip & Joanna Gaines: 37 ppm Lead [“Lead-Safe” – Click to Learn More]
White Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target's Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Line by Chip & Joanna Gaines.
Related: #AskTamara: What do you use to test for Lead?
In scrolling through the Hearth & Hand with Magnolia products on Target's website, I saw several items that would be good ...
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Beeswax Candle Works Brand Small Taper Candles For Hannukah (and Birthdays?): Lead-Free!
When tested with an XRF instrument these were negative for all metals (every possible metal that the XRF could read was "Non-Detect"/Negative!) Multiple tests were done for 30 seconds and 60 seconds each.
Here's a link* to purchase these exact candles on Amazon! [LINK]
XRF Readings ...
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Rocky Mountain Oils Droplet USB Essential oil Diffuser: Unlike other brands, this is Lead-free in all accessible components!
Here's an affiliate link for this product!
Article written: December 3, 2018
Updated: March 8, 2020
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 ...
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“World’s Best Cat Litter”, corn-based: Lead-free!
Here is the XRF test result summary for this product:
World's Best Cat Litter.
Bromine (Br): 4 +/- 1 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 27 +/- 5 ppm
Iron (Fe): 62 +/- 13 ppm
That's it! No other metals detected!
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This kitty litter was Non-Detect / ...
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Target-branded Philips plug-in Warm White LED Christmas lights strand with green wire: Lead-free!!
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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Target-branded Philips plug-in Warm White LED Christmas lights strand with white wire: Lead-free!!
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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Walmart Holiday Time plug-in Christmas Lights: Lead-free! (8,188 ppm Antimony — a fire retardant & known carcinogen)
This newly-purchased (2018) set of Walmart brand "Holiday Time" 16 Function Multicolor Mini Lights (pictured above with 150 lights and a green wire strand) was tested with an XRF instrument. It was not disassembled for testing, so only accessible parts that one would normally ...
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Ace Hardware Branded Christmas Lights, 2018 Warning: “This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead.”
"This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead..."
I stopped in at our local Ace Hardware the other day to check out their selection of Christmas lights. The images on this page are of one set of lights from that store.
These are the Ace Hardware-branded lights (ACH ...
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Johnson Brothers English Greydawn Teacup & Saucer: 37,400+ ppm Lead [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this Johnson Brothers "Greydawn" teacup & saucer had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Lead (Pb): 37,400 +/- 800 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Negative / Non-Detect
Arsenic (As): Negative / Non-Detect
Mercury (Hg): Negative / ...
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Johnson Brothers Fine English China with scalloped edges: 70,000+ ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids.]
This post was originally published December 2, 2018
Updated December 1, 2019
When tested with an XRF instrument this Johnson Brothers "Fine English China" White Plate With Scalloped Edges was positive for Lead at greater than 70,000 ppm.
Why is this much Lead a problem?
For context, in 2019 ...
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Do you want me to test your artificial Christmas tree for Lead? Click for more info.
June 2023 Update:
We are no longer accepting
artificial Christmas tree samples
for testing at this time.
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Evidence Of How Much I Type! (& a request)…
December 2, 2018
Well... if you follow my blog you know I write A LOT.
Sometimes I write 10 or 15 blog posts in a day (if my kids are out of the way for an extended period of time and I have no distractions!) Usually my blog posts are just 2 or 3 pages long, but sometimes they are 5, 10 ...
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