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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Vintage Faux Pearls, Off-White Heavy Plastic: 4,687 ppm Lead + 140 ppm Arsenic (90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids!)
Click here to see some of the other "pearls" I have tested.
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 ...
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#Leaded: Off-White Vintage Faux Pearls, Glass
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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Vintage faux pearls: 125,700 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Please don’t let your children play with grandma’s faux pearls!
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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In nearly 22 years of parenting boys I hadn’t had this happen yet…
We rushed Charlie (my 9 year old son) to the emergency room last night, where he was admitted, examined and given an ultrasound so quickly I was truly surprised. The only time something similar to this happened (such a quick reaction by ER staff) was when Avi had viral meningitis as a baby (I ...
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#LeadFree: Metal Ice Cube
This metal ice cube was negative for lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic when tested with an XRF instrument.
For those interested, it had 152,800 +/- 1,400 ppm Chromium (Cr), and 2,896 +/- 493 ppm Copper (Cu). These seem like a good choice if they are your cup of long-island-iced-tea! (Metal ice ...
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#Phase4: Tort Claim Notice, Delivered May 11, 2018
Originally Posted: May 12, 2018
Updated: August 2018
On May 11, 2018, after the criminal charges that had been filed against me were dropped in full (because there was no evidence to support the allegations that led to my illegal arrest and, in fact, all the documentation that was available ...
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#SiteStats: Yesterday we passed 800,000 views!
Yesterday we passed 800,000 "all time" views on my site! Thanks everyone for reading and sharing my posts and spreading the word about lead in consumer goods and lead in the paint in homes!
If you have a few extra-bucks to spare to support this independent advocacy work that would be terrific ...
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Site Stats, Google Analytics – May 11, 2018
I guess sharing that you were illegally arrested for a crime you did not commit and that you were eventually exonerated through the official dismissal of all of the charges (nearly six months after the arrest) is good for your site stats! ;-)
Thank you everyone for sharing my story.
I am ...
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Official Notice of Dismissal: “The ends of justice will be best served by the dismissal of the within matter…”
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Case Dismissed!!! Now to begin seeking justice.
In November of 2017 I was illegally arrested on 9 counts of alleged felony theft for "welfare fraud." I have been actively dealing with this persecution (a seemingly intentionally-orchestrated attempt to smear me and thereby shut down my advocacy work) for more than two years now; starting with the ...
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Vintage Spring Blossom Green “Crazy Daisy” Pyrex cup: 39,300 ppm Lead + 833 ppm Cadmium (90 ppm Pb is unsafe for kids!)
Vintage Pyrex Spring Blossom Green "Crazy Daisy" patterned cups
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 ...
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Vintage Shenandoah Cinderella Pyrex Mixing Bowl: 85,600 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.
Vintage Pyrex Cinderella Style Shenandoah Pattern Mixing Bowl: The paint on this bowl tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument):
Lead (Pb): 85,600 +/- 4,100 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 1,194 +/- 99 ...
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Another lipstick / lip gloss found with very high lead levels!
#AskTamara:
Q. Does my lipstick have lead? Does all lipstick have lead?
A. It is very likely that your lipstick has at least some amount of lead. Online resources show that at least 99% of lipsticks contain some amount of lead. Click here to see a more comprehensive post about this and read ...
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