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 sons were ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
#LeadFree: 2018 New Crate & Barrel “Aspen” Made In Indonesia White Ceramics
#LeadFree· #LeadFreeKitchen· 2018· Aspen· Cate & Barrel Dishes· Crate & Barrel· Crate & Barrel Aspen· Crate and Barrel· Made in Indonesia· White· White Ceramic· White China· White Dishes· White Pottery· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
Originally Published: July 8, 2018
Updated: January 12, 2022
2022 UPDATE: The 2021 version of this pattern (sent to me for testing in December of 2021) did test positive for Lead. Click here to see the full test results for the 2021 Crate & Barrel Aspen pattern dishes.
Please ...
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#AskTamara: What is Carbon Steel? (Morakniv, Made in Sweden Carving Knife)
#AskTamara· #DearTamara· #LeadFree· #LeadFreeKitchen· Ask Tamara· Camping Equipment· Carbon Steel· Carving Knife· Dear Tamara· Knife· Knives· Made in Sweden· MoraKniv· Morakniv Companion MG· Sweden· Swedish· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
Originally published: July 8, 2018
Updated: December 26, 2021
Q: What is carbon steel?
A: The following XRF readings are all of the metals detected when testing the Morakniv "Made In Sweden" knife (pictured here), which is marked "Carbon Steel". While I have not tested a lot of carbon steel ...
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Update on my legal bills, for those who may be interested!
Sunday, July 8, 2018 - Update
For those who may be interested (and who perhaps may want to help in a bigger way) here's a quick summary of my outstanding legal bills (& directly related costs) from all of the #drama generated by the incessant attacks on my advocacy over the past two ...
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Erika’s Letter To Pura
#LeadedBabyBottle· Baby· Baby Bottle· Baby Bottles· Baby Bottles With Lead· Made In China· Made Safe· Made Safe Certified· Pura· Pura Kiki· PuraKiki
This is Erika's letter to Pura (to which they responded, here). Erika has agreed to let me share this (and their response to her) with you!
Thanks Erika, for standing up for kids everywhere whose parents have been led to believe they have purchased a safe (and lead-free) product.
Tamara ...
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July 5, 2018 Note From Pura Stating They are Still Selling old Baby Bottle Inventory With Lead
#LeadedBabyBottle· Baby· Baby Bottle· Baby Bottles· Baby Bottles With Lead· Pura· Pura Kiki· PuraKiki
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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Today I confirmed that Pura knows they are selling old baby bottle stock with lead.
#LeadedBabyBottle· Baby· Baby Bottle· Baby Bottles· Baby Bottles With Lead· Pura· Pura Kiki· PuraKiki· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
Posts with more details here!
This pertains to Pura Kiki brand Made Safe Certified insulated stainless steel baby bottles being sold in 2018.
The manufacturer admitted (as recently as this week, in a communication to a customer) to knowing that their old-stock product inventory is still available ...
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#LeadFree: Penn Championship Extra-Duty Felt Tennis Balls
#LeadFree· Ball· Balls· Barium· Penn· Sports· Sports Equipment· Tennis· Tennis Ball· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
When tested with an XRF instrument these #3 tennis balls from Penn are negative (non-detect) for lead (Pb), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and cadmium (Cd.) To date, I have never tested a tennis ball that was positive for lead (although there are not a lot of vintage tennis balls arounds - so I cannot ...
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Corona BP 3640 Ergo-Action Bypass Hand Pruner, c. 2016: Lead Free
#Gardening· #LeadFree· Corona Tools· Garden· Gardening· Gardens· Hand Pruner· Tool· Tools· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
When tested with an XRF instrument this Corona BP 3640 Ergo-Action Bypass Hand Pruner was negative for lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) on all components.
Overall this seems like a good choice/ good brand. This one is mine, that I purchased in 2016 for trimming my roses, ...
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#LeadPhree: 2015 Phish Summer Tour Collectible Coin – Bend, Oregon
#LeadFree· Coin· Collectible Coin· Commemorative Coin· Phish· Souvenir· Souvenir Coin· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
When this collectible Phish coin was tested with an XRF instrument it was negative for lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic.
For those curious about what kind of metals are in something like this, here's the full XRF summary for this item. In general this sort of thing seems like a good choice (in ...
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#LeadPhree: Phish Commemorative/Collectible Button / Stash Tin Top?, Est. 1983
#LeadFree· Button· Collectible Button· Collectible Pin· Commemorative Button· Phish· Pin· Souvenir· Souvenir Button· Souvenir Tin· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
When this button/commemorative Phish pin (no backing) was tested with an XRF instrument it was negative for lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. For those curious about what kind of metals are in something like this, here's the full XRF summary for this item. I have never tested a modern pin/button ...
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Tamara, what do you want to write about? (Feeling a wee bit sorry for myself today!)
July 4, 2018
This morning I was talking to my husband about what my readers want me to write about and what articles I should focus on today (while I have a babysitter/ some quiet time). I was trying to decide if I should do more baby bottle pieces or more gardening/hose write-ups. Dear Hubs said ...
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Lead Free Baby Bottles, #Sigh
#LeadFreeBabyBottles· Baby Bottle· Baby Bottles· Bottle· Bottles
So this is super-sad, isn't it? That we actively need to seek out lead-free baby bottles in 2018?! So sad. Well here's a link to all of the posts I have written with lead free baby bottles (click here or on the image below.)
There are other brands that are lead-free of course, but I have not ...
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#AskTamara: What is stainless steel? (This U.S.A. made Lead-free hose has all stainless steel hardware!)
#AskTamara· #LeadFree· 304· Garden· Garden Hose· Gardening· Gardening With Lead· Hose· Hoses· Lead Free Choices· Lead Free Garden· Lead Free Gardening· Lead Free Hoses· Made in U.S.A.· Made In USA· SS 304· SS#304· Stainless· Stainless Steel· Water Right Inc.· XRF Testing· XRFTesting
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 ...
Read More about #AskTamara: What is stainless steel? (This U.S.A. made Lead-free hose has all stainless steel hardware!)