#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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Recent & Important Articles:
Boston 2018
Hi all!
I am coming to Boston in about a week (will be visiting my son at college!) and have some time to fit in a few Healthy Home Consultations while I am there if folks are interested!
Here are my dates (I may extend my trip if more folks are interested in home visits!), send me an e-mail, ...
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“Made in India” Stainless Lunch Box With Leaded Brass Accents: 22,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)
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 sons ...
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#Leaded: Wooden “Made In India” Box with Leaded Brass Decorative Components
"Made in India" wooden box.
Brass Components: 13,000 ppm lead, tested with an XRF instrument. ...
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#Leaded: Bicycle Building Tools, P & K Lie Wheel Truing Stand, Leaded Brass
Originally Published: April 28, 2018
In September of 2015 my husband got a BRAND NEW made in Germany "P & K Lie" truing stand to make bicycle wheels (a very important tool for his business, his bicycle and bicycle trailer building and design work.)
And then we tested it for ...
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#Leaded: 2017 Moscow Mule Copper Mug With Leaded Brass Handle
Moscow Mule Mug: As high as 43,400 +/- 1,600 ppm lead in the brass handle.
Solid lead attachment solder points for the handle too!
Tested positive for lead with an XRF instrument and a LeadCheck swab!
Here's an affiliate link to purchase LeadCheck swabs to test your own Moscow mule mug at home: ...
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Toy Brass Cymbal with Wooden Handle: 274 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids]
Child's mini brass cymbal - with wooden handle: 274 ppm Lead.
Modern toys are regulated and required to be under 90 ppm lead in the paint or coating when tested with an XRF instrument (90 ppm in the coating or 100 ppm in the substrate). Year of manufacture and maker of this toy are ...
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Brass Hammer Multi-Tool (often marketed to women or used as a toy): 40,600 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe for kids.]
When tested with an XRF instrument this small brass hammer / nested screw-driver multi-tool had the following reading:
Lead (Pb): 40,600 ppm lead.
The amount of Lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for use by children is 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint or coating and 100 ppm ...
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A New Trend In Stupidity: : Expensive Fancy Cookware with Leaded Brass Handles Is All The Rage In Kitchen “Fashion”
Words companies are currently using to describe their contemporary cookware that incorporates last-century high-lead-content brass decorative elements
(these are screenshots from their websites:)
Originally Published April 27, 2018
Updated: December 31, ...
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#AskTamara: Guess Which of These Four White Glass Lamp Shades Has Lead and How Much!
Please take a look at the four white glass lamp shades below and guess which ones have lead and at what levels! [This is a great "game" to play with your "newly lead-woke" friends!, Answers are posted below the final image.]
Click here for more examples of lamps I have tested.
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#Leaded: Chicken Wire/ Hardware Cloth, Example Two
Lead (Pb): 401 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): 249 ppm
Mercury and lead DO NOT belong in your garden or near your livestock!
This is one of two posts on chicken wire currently up on my site. To learn more about this concern please click this link to read the main post. Thank ...
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Are you contaminating your garden’s soil? Chicken Wire: 2,201 ppm Lead, 30 ppm Cadmium. Click & read for safer choices.
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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A short story of a small vintage ceramic bowl and a boy from Wisconsin who was poisoned.
I originally shared this in October of 2013, but given how much we have learned about dishware and lead since then, I thought it was an important one to re-share!
I have quite a few friends in Wisconsin and have been invited several times to present to groups there (including presentations in ...
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Vintage (c. 1972) “Butterfly Gold” Pyrex Casserole Dish: 87,000 ppm Lead. [Context: 90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
Vintage Pyrex "Butterfly Gold" casserole dish, c. 1972.
The mustard and white paint on this vintage Pyrex casserole dish tested positive for the following elements at the following levels (with a one-minute test, using an XRF instrument):
Lead (Pb): 87,000 +/- 2,900 ppm
Cadmium ...
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