Add Denby to the list of companies making false statements (in writing!) about the historic use of Lead in their products
March 19, 2023 — Sunday If you are a fan, friend, or follower of the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC you may have noticed our post earlier tonight when I shared full XRF test results for the “Denby Fine Stoneware” dish pictured above. Several readers have asked about Denby products. Prior to this evening,…
XRF Test Results for Denby Midnight-Pattern Fine Stoneware (c. 1983-1996), Made in England: 10,800 ppm Lead (unsafe)
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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
Can you make a contribution in support of this work today?
March 19, 2023 – Sunday This week (3/19/2023) Lead Safe Mama, LLC is working with an operating deficit of $1,059.14. With the enormous costs of our Federal Civil Rights Legal battle (defending the work we do here against false allegations meant to shut us down) we have NO cushion / no savings to keep the…
XRF Test Results for Blue Hill Pattern Contemporary Fine China by Noritake (2482), Made in Sri Lanka
March 19, 2023 – Sunday XRF Test Results For the Dish Pictured Sent in by a Lead Safe Mama Reader (from Connecticut) for Testing Context: Total Lead-content (as detectable with an XRF instrument) in the paint, glaze or coating of an item manufactured for use by adults is not regulated in any way. Dishes are…
XRF Test Results for Wedgwood & Co (Made in England) Chateau Pattern Antique China
March 19, 2023 — Sunday XRF Test Results for the Dish Pictured Sent in by a Lead Safe Mama Reader (from Washington State) for Testing Full test results for these dishes are below. The Lead levels are quite alarming and these dishes should not be used for food purposes. Some additional reading: To read more about…
XRF Test Results of Blue Danube China (by Lipper) c. 1977-2000 (identified by back mark)
March 19, 2023 – Sunday XRF Test Results For the Dish Pictured Sent in by a Lead Safe Mama Reader (from Tennessee) for Testing Full test results for these dishes are below. It is quite common for blue and white patterned china from Asia (either Japan or China) to test negative for Lead (or to test…
XRF Test Results for Skrubby Sponges (by Eva Mendes)
March 19, 2023 – Sunday XRF Test Results For the Sponges Pictured Purchased by Lead Safe Mama, LLC for testing Purchased direct from manufacturer’s website I purchased these sponges (direct from the company’s website) to test them for a friend of a friend. Hopefully my friend will share these test results with her friend (who…
XRF Test Results for Made in U.S.A. Lenox Opal Innocence Dune Fine Bone China
March 18, 2023 – Saturday XRF Test Results For the Dish Pictured Sent in by a Lead Safe Mama Reader (from Minnesota) for Testing Lenox seems to be making up for its toxic legacy products! Newer Lenox products I have tested (like this one) are consistently testing negative (or within safe range) for toxicants like…
XRF Test Results for 2023 OMSI Glass Beaker Mug
March 18, 2023 – Saturday When I purchased this Beaker from the OMSI gift store I was nearly certain it would test positive for Lead in the exterior painted markings. This assumption / anticipated probability was based on other recent testing I had done of an actual scientific beaker (newly manufactured / recent product) –…
Made in U.S.A. Pfaltzgraff floral print (vintage Tea Rose pattern) creme glazed ceramic dish: as high as 3,711 ppm Lead on the food surface. [90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.]
March 18, 2023 – Saturday XRF Test Results For the Dish Pictured Sent in by a Lead Safe Mama Reader (from Indiana) for Testing Context: Total Lead-content (as detectable with an XRF instrument) in the paint, glaze or coating of an item manufactured for use by adults is not regulated in any way. Dishes are…
St. Patrick’s Day Update
March 17, 2023 – Friday More info here on this link! March 24, 2023 Update (Friday)
My favorite organic coffee… & some thoughts related to choosing safer/ low-Lead/ Lead-free foods
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
I have a #GiveAway happening today on Instagram and on Facebook!
March 13, 2023 – Monday Here’s the Lead Safe Mama affiliate link for the prize for this #GiveAway: https://amzn.to/3ZOPkHb Our Facebook winner is: Kerstin Kathleen! Congratulations Kerstin! Our Instagram winner is: @tishastl – Congratulations! Hello all! I just posted the following graphics (below) on Instagram and on Facebook. If you want to enter the #GiveAway…
It’s the #BestMarchEver (almost!) here at LeadSafeMama.com….
March 12, 2023 – Sunday It’s our #BestMarchEver – almost! Welp. If it weren’t for “TupperwareGate” of 2019 (when the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC went viral because we found unsafe Levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and Mercury in vintage Tupperware products) March of 2023 would already be the #BestMarchEver (with 19 days still…
Full XRF test results for a 2023-purchased Stanley 40 oz Flowstate Quencher H2.0 Tumbler
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 were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…
Lead Safe Mama’s Safer Choices (Lead-Free Choices!): Baby Food Storage
Published: March 11, 2023 — Saturday In response to the findings of high-Lead paint on some of the WeeSprout baby food storage jars with painted markings (link to article with full details), here are some guidelines for making safer choices for baby food storage — plus some specific safer choices/brands that we here at Lead Safe…
Questions asked & answered via Instagram messenger: March 9, 2023
March 10, 2023 – Friday Installment #2) First Verse Same As Before… I answer so many questions behind the scenes each day (on Instagram, Facebook, this website and via email) it seemed like a good time to share some of those questions and my quick answers (since I am often duplicating effort – answering the same…
WeeSprout baby feeding jars painted with high-Lead paint: a violation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, with criminal penalties possible
Five screenshots from the WeeSprout website: An image of the product tested by Lead Safe Mama, LLC for which the paint tested positive for a high level of Lead. Testing was completed using XRF Technology: A screenshot of the WeeSprout Instagram page as of 3/10/2023: [TEXT: “WeeSprout — We offer products…
February 4, 2023 I filed a CPSC Violation Report for the Lead-painted glass Lansinoh baby bottles. March 3, 2023 I received a preliminary response from the CPSC.
Please sign this petition demanding that Lansinoh remove the Lead paint from their glass baby bottles and issue a highly visible public recall for all the Lead painted baby bottles they have sold to date: https://chng.it/DX7ySBSwx7 Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and…
Questions asked & answered via Instagram messenger: March 8, 2023
March 9, 2023 – Thursday I answer so many questions behind the scenes each day (on Instagram, Facebook, this website and via email) it seemed like a good time to share some of those questions and my quick answers (since I am often duplicating effort – answering the same questions over and over again!) So here…
Lead Safe Mama Newsletter: March 9, 2023 – Thursday
Subject Line: Now booking Lead Safe Mama home consults & outreach events for October 2023 Second Line: $4,244.08 paid to Lead Safe Mama legal team this month! TY! March 09, 2023 – Thursday Portland, Oregon (YUP! I am finally home!) HOUSE KEEPING! Hello from Portland! Most of what I am sharing today falls under the…
Your support of this work has made it possible for us to pay $4,244.08 to our legal team this month (March 2023) alone. Thank you!
Published on Social Media: March 8, 2023 – Wednesday The amount above is the amount paid to members of the Lead Safe Mama Legal Team [primarily for work supporting our Federal Civil Rights legal battle] so far this month alone (March 2023). This is money that Lead Safe Mama, LLC earned as a result of…
February 2023 – Final Numbers: #BestFebruaryEver (for reach and impact of our work)
March 1, 2023 – Wednesday While the reach and impact of our work this month (as measured by unique page views here on LeadSafeMama.com) was absolutely phenomenal – making this the Best February Ever! – the even-more amazing measure of our [collective/community] success is the comprehensive national and international news coverage of the work of…
Some quick thoughts on essential oils…
February 28, 2023 – Tuesday I don’t really use essential oils for much (and I am not on the essential oil bandwagon in the way so many are and would NEVER use them with a diffuser of any kind)… but since my kids are scent sensitive… if there are stinky things in our house (or…