#AskTamara
Question: Do "mermaid" reversible sequin things have unsafe levels of Lead?
Answer: Please read my full response below to see the XRF test results for one example of this type of item.
My young son is currently invested in pink, purple and sparkles; anything that is pink or ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
#AskTamara: Does my scary zombie Halloween mask have unsafe levels of Lead?
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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#AskTamara: Do modern Halloween masks have Lead? Does my Halloween gorilla mask have any toxic chemicals?
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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An Interesting Article About Vintage / Historic Fiestaware Toxicity
From the article linked below (Source ORAU.org):
"The accompanying photo shows two pieces of Fiestaware produced by the Homer Laughlin Company of West Virginia: a Fiesta red saucer and an ivory bowl. In each case, uranium was used to provide the color of the glaze. Although the radioactivity of ...
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Click to read the full XRF test results for Stockmar beeswax crayons (testing for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, etc.)
#AskTamara
Question: Do Stockmar beeswax crayons have lead (Pb)?
Answer: Below is a full summary of the specific XRF Test Results for a newly purchased set of Stockmar Wachsmalblöcke Wax Block Beeswax Crayons (purchased in August of 2018 off of Amazon.com) This is new-in-box ...
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#LeadSafeMama Social Media Stats Update: September 1, 2018
Ok! Last one for today! For those who get all my posts via e-mail, thanks for bearing with me today. Every now and then I like to publish all of these numbers to help keep me focused on why I am doing this, the number of people that are getting this message and how far and wide it is spreading. ...
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#LeadSafeMama August 2018 Financial Update
Hi Friends!
Here's a summary of income I have received in support of my advocacy work over the past month (for all of August 2018).
I am so incredibly thankful for all of the support in all the ways.
Even though I am not affiliated with a nonprofit I think this work is fundamentally a ...
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September 2018, #FlashSale
September 2018 #FlashSale!
***** Final #FlashSale of 2018 *****
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This “Flash Sale” ends Monday (9/3) at midnight PST!
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Usually folks contribute $150 towards my work (helping to cover the cost of XRF rental and other costs related to testing consumer goods and reporting the results) and ...
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Year-To-Date Unique Page Views: September 1, 2018
906,455 unique page views here since January 1, 2017!
Thank you everyone! - Tamara & Team ...
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Thank you for visiting my website in August of 2018! #LeadSafeMama #Stats
Also fun fact to note from the above graphic... As of today my site has reached 962,870 page views (since I started blogging via TamaraRubin.com), with an average of 50,446 views a month over the past year and just 37,130 page-views to go to reach 1,000,000 page views!
This means that in ...
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Question: Do Crayola Crayons have Lead? Answer: Yes they do, at levels considered safe for toys but unsafe for food.
Originally Published: August 28, 2018
Please note: This issue is not isolated to any specific year of crayons manufactured by Crayola nor is the issue (of heavy metal contamination) isolated to any specific type of Crayola crayons. Similar results have been found ...
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Here’s what one might expect a modern clearance test to look like in 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 of Lead-poisoned children (two of her ...
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Portland Public Schools is simply NOT using the strictest standards nor best practices to protect your children from lead in schools: A series — Part 1: Post Lead-remediation construction dust found at Lewis Elementary School
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 four ...
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I asked for help with my disabled children and the special education program administrator called me “Crazy”.
Alternate Title: What does the Portland Public Schools special education administrative staff really think of parents of children who need their help?
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Written: Wednesday, August 22, 2018.
[You might want to sit down with a cup of coffee to read this one!]
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Yesterday we rented a car for a ...
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