The following abstract is from a graduate thesis written by Rebecca Rothwell Schroeder at Evergreen State College in 2010. To read her entire paper (which also includes the research resources she used for this work that may be of interest) click here.
ABSTRACT
Lead Fishing Tackle: The ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Articles discussing the impact of lead on the California Condor
Below are some good articles discussing the impact of lead on the California Condor:
Lead Bullet Risks for Wildlife & Humans [Pinnacles National Park, National Park Service]
Lead Bullets Poison California's Wild Condors - January 5, 2015, Futurity.org - by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis ...
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Lead in Hunting & Fishing Sports, A Series
The impact of lead (Pb) in hunting and fishing sports is a significant problem and cannot be addressed in a single post. As a result I have invited a group of friends who are experts on various specific angles of the subject to write guests posts about this issue and will post each of these ...
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Vintage Fisher Price Little People Wooden Boy With Red Hat: 4 ppm Lead, 75 ppm Cadmium and 19 ppm Mercury.
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Yellow Wooden Boy With Red Baseball cap.
Body: Painted Wood.
Head: Painted Plastic.
Hat: Red Plastic.
Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s).
To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here.
The XRF test results for this exact item ...
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XRF [Heavy Metals] Test Results for Vintage Fisher Price Little People Red Wooden Boy With Yellow Pot On Head
Vintage Fisher Price Little People Red Wooden Boy With Yellow Pot On Head.
Painted Wood & Yellow Plastic.
Year of Manufacture Unknown (presumed c. 1970s).
To see more vintage Fisher Price items I have tested, click here.
The XRF test results for this exact item (pictured above) are as ...
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Silver Colored Drawer-Pull, XRF Test Results
The drawer pull pictured here had the following results when tested with an XRF instrument.
Metal Designation (Per XRF GUI): Metal-C745NiAg
The readings below are based on a two minute (120 second) test.
Lead (Pb): Non-Detect/Negative
Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect/Negative
Arsenic ...
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Corelle / Corning Visionware Medium Amber Lid Purchased March 2018: 222 ppm Lead, 142 ppm Barium
Following up on my earlier posts, here is yet another example of XRF test results for a Corning Visions piece. [Year of manufacture: 2018.] I am posting a total of FOUR of these that each look very similar but are different distinct lids that were tested (in three different sizes.)
This ...
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XRF Test Results For Corelle / Corning Visionware Large Amber Lid Purchased March 2018
Following up on my earlier posts, here is yet another example of XRF test results for a Corning Visions piece. [Year of manufacture: 2018.] I am posting a total of FOUR of these that each look very similar but are different distinct lids that were tested (in three different sizes.)
This piece is a ...
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XRF Test Results For Corelle / Corning Visionware Small Amber Lid Purchased March 2018
Following up on my earlier posts, here is yet another example of XRF test results for a Corning Visions piece. [Year of manufacture: 2018.] I am posting a total of FOUR of these that each look very similar but are different distinct lids that were tested (in three different sizes.)
This piece is a ...
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Where are the people reading this website located? Well, nearly everywhere, apparently!
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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A box of Exhibits Sent to us Right Before our August 2018 Hearing…
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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FYI: 3 hour and 33 minute call with Legal Aid in September 2018
For the file (and so I have this to link to for a story I am about to publish!) here is the screenshot of my call to legal aid from last month [Thursday, September 20, 2018, call initiated at 10:22 a.m.!]
I was on hold for more than 2 hours before the call was picked up and the total length of ...
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#LeadedBabyBottle: Hevea Leaded Baby Bottle Infographic to Share
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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#LeadSafeMama Social Media Stats Update: October 11, 2018
Here's the latest!
Thanks for being here & thank you for supporting this important advocacy work.
Tamara Rubin & The #LeadSafeMama Team ...
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