This week I got a call from my the school psychologist for my son's school (Let's call her Becky, because that's her name.)
Becky has always been fairly cordial and reasonable - although I cannot say that her work with my children has produced any specific positive results, but I have ...
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2018 Dollar Tree Rachael Ray Green Glazed “Double Ridge” Ceramic Plate: Lead-Free & Cadmium-Free
2018 Dollar Tree Rachael Ray Double Ridge Green Glazed Ceramic Plate
Made in China
For exact XRF test results, please scroll down.
To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE.
UPDATE: Too funny! You can buy a set of four of these on Amazon for $31.75, OR spend $4 for the same ...
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2018 Dollar Tree Rachael Ray Orange “Double Ridge” Ceramic Plate: 985 ppm Cadmium (a carcinogen)
2018 Dollar Tree Rachael Ray Double Ridge Orange Glazed Ceramic Plate
Made in China
For exact XRF test results, please scroll down.
To learn more about XRF testing, click HERE.
UPDATE: Too funny! You can buy a set of four of these on Amazon for $38 OR spend $4 for the same set ...
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2018 Dollar Tree Store Royal Norfolk Green Glazed Ceramic Plate With Ridges: 31 ppm Lead (“Lead Safe”)
2018 Dollar Tree Green Glazed Ceramic Plate, Royal Norfolk.
By Greenbrier International, Inc.
Made in China.
For exact XRF test results please scroll down.
To learn more about XRF testing, Click HERE.
People often express concern for products from the Dollar (type) stores [Dollar Tree, ...
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2018 Dollar Tree Royal Norfolk Blue Glazed Ceramic Plate With Ridges: Lead-Free!
2018 Dollar Tree Blue Glazed Ceramic Plate, Royal Norfolk
By Greenbrier International, Inc.
Made in China
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 ...
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#AskTamara: What non-toxic hair conditioner do you use with you children?
#AskTamara
I know this is a kind of silly blog post for me but I get this question absolutely all the time, so I thought I would put it in a post!
Question: What non-toxic hair conditioner do you use with you children?
Answer: Clean Kids Naturally Banana Smoothie Hair Conditioner!
OMG - this ...
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c. 1967-1976 Royal Doulton Bunnykins Baby Bowl: 61,800 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface (90 is unsafe for kids)
Published: December 7, 2018
Updated: September 2022
What's frankly terrifying about this bowl is how much paint has worn off of the decoration on the inside food surface. Take a good look at the image below (you can click on it for a full resolution image).
To see more Bunnykins sets I have ...
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1988 Royal Doulton English Fine Bone China Bunnykins Baby Bowl: 10,100 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface
1988 Royal Doulton English Fine Bone China Bunnykins Baby Bowl:
10,100 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface.
The 1988 backmark is for pieces made between 1988 and 1993.
The amount of Lead that is considered illegal/ unsafe in a newly-manufactured item intended for use by children is anything 90 ppm ...
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THIS is my NEW FAVORITE PAN (and that’s before I have even used it, LOL!)
SolidTeknics, Made in USA, frying pan (2018)
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 ...
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And the winner is…. Click here to see the full XRF test results for the vintage Fisher Price Garage!
The other day we had a little contest... who could guess the closest Lead reading (in ppm) for what the highest Lead level on this vintage Fisher Price toy garage / downtown set would be?
THE ANSWER: The highest Lead level was 1,959 ppm (in the yellow plastic) and the winner (with a guess of ...
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Oprah’s Favorite Things (2018) “FEARLESS” Bracelet: As high as 303 ppm Cadmium.
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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