Published: November 10, 2017
Q. (From Mama R, via Facebook):
"I'm going to purchase a lead test kit on the weekend. Where do I test? I live in an old building (triplex). I'm not sure how old. We have lived here for two years. The apartment was painted before we moved in. My husband said it's ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Nov. 8, 2017: The time my work went viral & was featured on CBS This Morning for my discovery of Lead in fidget spinners.
Originally published: November 10, 2017
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Yesterday was a rollercoaster...each time my work goes viral, it presents a new swirl of chaos and more interviews to do (in 20 hours from 11/8 to 11/9 alone: four interviews, two radio and two television - ...
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Update From Tamara: IRS, DOJ, LSAF, ETC.
UPDATE FROM TAMARA
Monday, October 30, 2017
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This past Friday I learned that - in spite of the IRS' official final determination that there was *no* financial impropriety at the nonprofit I founded in 2011 - the nonprofit has officially been *dissolved* ...
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#Stats, October 29, 2017
I have fun following my stats [seeing the progress you are helping me make, in terms of the number of people we (together) are reaching with the message — protecting children from lead exposure!]
Here's a stats overview from 10/29/2017...
Most of all I love comparing "this year" to "last year" ...
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Food Testing Standards and Methodologies – from the FDA
In response to my post the other day asking for information about labs that do testing of food, supplements and other things parents would like tested, Tom Neltner responded with this document that discusses and outlines the testing methodologies and standards set in March of 2015 by the FDA for ...
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#AskTamara: How do I find a lab to test my…
Every day recently I seem to get questions from parents looking for a lab to test something. Since I have not been able to put together a list of labs I wanted to put this out to my community.
Have you worked with a lab?
What have they tested for you? (Soil?, baby teeth? food items?) ...
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#LeadFreeChina: Noritake
Noritake Stoneware, Made in Japan plate: tested negative for lead! #Woot!
Please note: MOST of the vintage Noritake I have tested has been positive for high levels of lead. When it comes to the relative safety of vintage dishware, you really cannot extrapolate simply from a brand name.
To ...
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Noritake “Dutch Tile” Pattern: 164,700 ppm Lead [More than 16% Lead in the glaze!] 90 ppm is unsafe.
Today's "Winner"...
Highest lead item tested recently!
#Noritake "Gala Cuisine" Japan / "Dutch Tile"
164,700 ppm lead - that's 16% lead!!!
CPSC hazard level for items intended for use by children is 90 ppm and higher in the paint, glaze or coating. Vintage dish ware is not regulated for total ...
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Ask Tamara: What personal care products do you use?
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 ...
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#AskTamara: What do you have in your emergency bag in the car?
Note: this is a rare non-lead-related post! #JustForFun
Published: October 14, 2017
#AskTamara: This question came up on Facebook in a group of mom-friends:
Q. What do you have in your emergency bag in the car?
A. Since we don't own a car, I keep stuff in my bike bag. Here's some of the ...
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EcoLunchBoxes.com: Stainless Divided Plate
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 ...
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Pratico Outdoors Clean Steel
"Pratico Outdoors"
"Clean Steel"
Tumbler #Cup #Glass
#LeadFree!
Tested "non-detect" for lead using an XRF instrument
Amazon Affiliate Link for similar product: http://amzn.to/2wYVzye
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Baum Ceramic Plate (New, 2017)
Baum Ceramic Plate.
Tested with an XRF instrument.
#LowLead
#LeadSafe
52 parts per million (ppm) lead +/- 19 ppm.
This amount of lead is considered safe by all American and European standards.
This link is my Amazon Affiliate link to a similar product by this manufacturer. If you click on my ...
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Bambu Organic Bamboo Baby Spoon
Small organic bamboo wooden baby spoon.
By "Bambu"
Free of all heavy metals.
Amazon Affiliate link for this product: http://amzn.to/2iR8dJM
No lead.
No cadmium.
No Arsenic.
No Mercury.
Good choice all around!
Tested with an XRF instrument.
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