#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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Recent & Important Articles:
#Leaded: Vintage/Antique Glass Marbles, Yellow and White Swirl
Yellow and White Swirled Glass Vintage Marble: 2,364 ppm Lead!
The amount of lead that is considered toxic in the substrate of a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is anything 100 ppm lead or higher. Tested in 2014 with an XRF instrument. Year of manufacture and brand: ...
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#Leaded: Glass Pokeman Marble, c. 2013
Pokeman Marble. Tested with an XRF instrument in 2013.
Apprx 36,000 ppm lead (on the "painted" design).
The amount of lead considered toxic (and therefore illegal) in a newly manufactured item intended for children (after 2010) is anything with paint or coating testing positive for lead at 90 ppm ...
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Vintage Hammer With Green Paint & Wooden Handle: 24,600 ppm Lead in the green paint. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
Vintage Hammer: 24,600 ppm lead paint (green) on the metal.
[& That's what is LEFT, given the amount of wear on this piece it is likely that the lead level on this paint was originally much much higher!]
Tested with an XRF instrument in 2014.
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As ...
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Hammer With Rubberized Grip [Purchased at Harbor Freight]: 45 ppm Lead + 174 ppm Arsenic.
This hammer was tested in 2017, however I do not know the year of manufacture or vendor. My husband confirmed that he purchased these at Harbor Freight a few years ago.
One thing this hammer demonstrates is that "Made In China" doesn't necessarily translate to "high-Lead", although I'm not too ...
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Bank of America Promotional Tool From 2012 Builder’s Tradeshow: 2,491 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
Nesting mini-screwdriver / hammer set. I got this at the National Builder Show in February of 2012. The vendor gave one to each of my kids.
Metal part of hammer = no lead.
Screwdrivers = no lead.
Rubberized handle: 2,491 ppm lead.
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Testing the paint on a reusable glass milk bottle with a LeadCheck Swab (Video.)
Here's a little (3-minute) video where I test the paint on a Garry's milk bottle (Garry's is an Oregon based company) with a LeadCheck swab. There is also a photo below showing how many swab tests I was able to get out of the liquid from one LeadCheck swab by using q-tips. This picture also clearly ...
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#LeadFree: Straus Family Creamery Reusable Glass Milk Bottle
Straus Family Creamery (in Marin County, California) managed to do what other creameries have not managed to do somehow... the black paint on their new (2018) reusable glass bottles is negative for lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) when tested with an XRF instrument!
The great thing that this ...
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Red markings on Lady Lane Farms glass milk bottles, Garry’s Meadow Fresh: 20,500 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids).
Originally posted: June 16, 2018
Updated: January 14, 2020 - Update at bottom of post.
When the red paint on these reusable glass milk bottles was tested with an XRF instrument it was positive for lead at levels as high as 20,500 +/- 500 ppm and for cadmium at 1118 +/- 48 ppm.
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Email today to Lady Lane Farm, Garry’s Meadow Fresh Milk – Oregon
Saturday, June 16, 2018
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To: Info@LadyLaneFarm.com
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From: TamaraRubin@mac.com
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Subject: Your bottles are painted with lead paint
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I recently discovered that the red paint on your reusable glass milk bottles is lead paint. It is more than 20,000 ppm lead.
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There is no regulation on ...
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2006 Nursery Songs Book With Built In Xylophone: 62,500 ppm Lead [90 ppm Lead is unsafe.]
Nursery Songs book with built in xylophone. First published in 2006 by The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd, e-mail: publishing@fivemile.com.au. Tested positive as high as 62,500 ppm LEAD!!!!!! (when tested with an XRF instrument.) The component that was the highest lead was the yellow xylophone ...
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#LeadSafe: Vintage 1970s Archie Comics
Vintage 1970s Archie Comics.
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16 ppm lead when tested with an XRF instrument. Safe by all standards.
New books are generally lead-free! 90 ppm lead and higher is considered unsafe for any newly manufactured items intended for use by children.
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1953 Walt Disney Little Golden Book, Hiawatha: 535 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is considered unsafe for kids.)
1953 Walt Disney Little Golden Book: "Hiawatha"
This book tested positive for 535 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument.
Items intended for children are considered unsafe (and illegal if newly manufactured) when they test positive for lead at 90 ppm lead (or higher) in the coating or 100 ppm ...
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1958 Little Golden Book – 208 ppm Lead; 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. Stick with 1980s (and newer) books.
When tested with an XRF instrument this 1958 Little Golden Book (1958! Same age as my husband!), tested positive for 208 ppm Lead (Pb).
Newly manufactured Items intended for use children today (in 2019) are considered unsafe (and illegal if newly manufactured) when they test positive for lead at 90 ...
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