These drawer pulls are from the dining set my grandparents got for their home when they were married in 1940 in San Francisco.
When tested with an XRF instrument they had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 8,681 +/- 643 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / ...
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For Tamara’s Birthday this year (if you can help)…
For Tamara's Birthday this year (if you can help)...
...she'd like to take all of the kids to the dentist.
For her birthday this year Tamara would like to take each of our sons to the dentist (and maybe go herself if we have enough $.)
Given the legal drama around Tamara's advocacy ...
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Black Glazed Stoneware Bowl from Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia by Chip & Joanna Gaines: 27 ppm Lead (Lead-safe)
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 ...
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Galvanized Napkin Ring from Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia by Chip & Joanna Gaines: 591 ppm Lead
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 ...
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Tomorrow Morning my Website is Going to Pass 1,100,000 Unique Views!
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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XRF Test Results For Green Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target’s Hearth & Hand With Magnolia by Chip & Joanna Gaines
Green Glazed Stoneware Bowl From Target's Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Line by Chip & Joanna Gaines.
I had recently tested some small Pioneer Woman ceramic bowls, and found them to be positive for Lead (Pb). As a result, I started looking out for other kitchen products with celebrity ...
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Cravings By Chrissy Teigen Wood & Green Silicone Spoon From Target: Lead-Free!
I recently tested some pieces from Pioneer Woman and found lead in them.
As a result of that testing I did a little digging into what company makes the products for Pioneer Woman and that led me to GibsonUSA.com. In digging around Gibson USA's website I learned that they also manufacture products ...
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Giant Blue Glass Marble: 60 ppm Cadmium, 366 ppm Arsenic
This is a newer (c. 2015) large translucent blue glass marble with an iridescent rainbow finish.
Given the nature of the way most colored glass is commonly produced, many marbles (and especially those with iridescent finishes) do have at least some level of detectable toxicants when tested with an ...
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Lead Safe Mama (on Facebook) is just 59 “Likes” away from 19,000!!!
Just about year ago - on November 8, 2017, when my work was featured on CBS This Morning (with Charlie Rose!) - my Lead Safe Mama Facebook page had over 15,000 "likes" [actually I watched the video again this morning - it was exactly 15,349 "likes" and 14,601 "follows".].
Since then we've gained ...
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Just to mark the passing of this date…
Saturday, November 10, 2018
It was 6 months ago today, on May 10, 2018, that the false criminal charges against me were dropped in full because the courts determined the evidence did not support the charges (in fact, the evidence contradicted the charges, as I was not guilty of the ...
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Things From Oprah’s Favorite Things 2018 List I Would Never Buy Without Testing For Lead First
LeadSafeMama's Take on Oprah's Favorite Things, 2018.
Curious, I took a look at Oprah's Favorite Things list today (Saturday, 11/10/18) on Amazon.
Oh MY — some interesting things!
As I scrolled through the things and watched the videos she has embedded in the list, I realized there were ...
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The e-mail I received tonight from the VP at my son’s school, dismissing my concerns for lead in the water fountains.
The vice principal at my son's school sent me the e-mail below in response to THIS LETTER (that I sent this morning.) You can see my response to this e-mail HERE.
For context:
Time: 4:54 p.m.
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018
Good afternoon Tamara,
Please read the report below. Hope ...
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My response to the school Vice Principal this evening. (Warning: I’m MAD! This is my kids [& their friends] we’re talking about.)
Introduction: My husband has concerns that I am a bull in a china shop when it comes to this issue. He thinks I should be treating the administrators of our children's schools with respect because they are fellow human beings with the capacity to do good. I on the other hand am FURIOUS that ...
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2018 Lead Levels in Portland Public Schools, Sellwood Middle School Are NOT protective of children’s health.
I am posting this so that I can link this information to other posts I have written on the subject. Below you will find the lead-in-water test results for 2018 for Sellwood Middle School. Please click each of the images below to see the image full size.
The RED circles I have made highlight the ...
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