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Question: What books do you read to your kids?
Answer: Having children with disabilities makes everything challenging. Something a simple as reading a book to them at bed-time can end up in a downright brawl if we are not careful.
As a compromise I have found that books-on-tape ...
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#Leaded: 1965 Great Detective Stories Hardcover Book
Most vintage books have at least some amount of lead. The amount of lead that is considered toxic in a modern item manufactured and intended to be used by children is 90 ppm or higher in the coating (or paint) and 100 ppm (or higher) in the substrate.
This 1965 printing of "Great Detective ...
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Vintage English Johnson Brothers Mill Stream Ceramic Ironstone Plate: 54,700 ppm Lead, 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
This vintage Johnson Brothers Mill Stream ceramic "Ironstone" dish tested positive for the following levels when tested with an XRF instrument:
Lead (Pb): 54,700 +/- 1,700 ppm
Barium (Ba): 489 +/- 104 ppm
Tin (Sn): 1,261 +/- 78 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 3,461 +/- 178 ppm
Iron (Fe): 540 +/- 181 ...
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About a week after the criminal case against me was wholly dismissed (in May, 2018) the Oregon DOJ representative called my attorney and said they would be willing to dismiss THEIR case against me as long as I would just admit that I was guilty…..
About a week after the criminal case against me was wholly dismissed (in May, 2018) the Oregon DOJ representative called my attorney and said they would be willing to dismiss THEIR case against me as long as I would just admit that I was guilty... WTF!!!!!
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About a month ago (a week or so ...
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One year and 572,514 page views later…
Today, in the midst of poverty and extreme financial hardship for my family it is interesting to have something quite remarkable to celebrate. Thanks to Facebook's "memories" function, earlier today I was reminded that one year ago we were in the midst of a very different situation... my site going ...
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Testing Liberty Blue, Johnson Brothers or Homer Laughlin China with A LeadCheck Swab (Video)
Here are some posts related to the 6-minute video (below):
Can I test my dishes with a LeadCheck Swab
https://tamararubin.com/2017/02/leadcheck-dishware/
Johnson Brothers Posts
https://tamararubin.com/category/johnson-bros/
Homer Laughlin ...
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English 1976 Liberty Blue saucer with Boston’s Old North Church: 44,100 ppm Lead. This should NOT be used for food!
Published: June 20, 2018
So many families have these dishes! They are truly works of art, and a piece of history (even though they were mass-manufactured only about 40 years ago.) My understanding, from doing a little online research, is that this line with the "Historical Colonial Scenes" was ...
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Do Franciscan Potteries vintage dishes have unsafe levels of lead? Does Mexican pottery that is marked lead-free have unsafe levels of lead? (video)
Here are the blog posts related to the video below:
Franciscan Ivy.
Franciscan Desert Rose.
Mexican "Lead-Free" Pottery.
Comments to the "viewers" in this are from the original posting of the video as a Facebook Live video! Video is about 6 minutes long, and also shows you how to stretch one ...
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#LeadSafe: Rae Dunn “Rest” Ceramic Spoon Rest, Artisan Collection by Magenta
Rae Dunn "REST" Spoon Rest, Artisan Collection by Magenta.
Tested with an XRF instrument in 2018.
89 +/- 21 ppm lead.
Considered safe by all standards.
Non-detect for cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg).
Here's an affiliate link* for this product on Amazon.
While this is low lead ...
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#LeadFree: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Hot Wheels Toy Car by Mattel
#LeadFree • #HotWheels • #Mattel
Made in Malaysia
c. (Year made): ?
Tested with an XRF instrument in 2017.
Most newer toy cars like this that I have tested have been lead-free. I think new Hot Wheels cars are a really good toy choice across the board!
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#LeadFree: 1967 Ford Shelby GT-500 Hot Wheels By Mattel
#LeadFree • #HotWheels • #Mattel
Made in Malaysia
c. (Year made): ?
Tested with an XRF instrument in 2017.
Most newer toy cars like this that I have tested have been lead-free. I think new Hot Wheels cars are a really good toy choice across the board!
To see more toy cars I have tested, click ...
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#LeadFree: 2014 Pullback Toy School Bus, Made In China
Pullback toy; school bus by "KinsFun". Tested with an XRF instrument in 2014:
No lead, mercury, cadmium or arsenic BUT (most toy cars I test are like this) as high as 36,600 parts per million GOLD! In the yellow paint! WTH!? Made in China.
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#LeadFree: Mini Star Leather Baby Shoes With Puppy Dogs
These Mini Star brand leather baby shoes (with a puppy dog design) were tested with an XRF instrument in 2013. They were negative for lead. Exact date of manufacture is unknown.
Click here to see more baby shoes that I have tested.
Here's an example of a new shoe from this company (on ...
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Do brand new baby shoes have lead in 2018? (Video)
#AskTamara
Question: Do brand new baby shoes have lead in 2018?
Answer: Yes, they do! (They can, they may... but most shouldn't!) Watch this short video (just 2 minutes & 55 seconds!) to learn about how to find safer choices in baby shoes for your little ones!
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