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…
Las Vegas… then East… then North! Updated Lead Safe Mama February / March 2023 Travel Schedule.
Friday – February 24, 2023 Scroll Down for March 1, 2023 Update Hello! We’re in Las Vegas today (headed out to check out the Hoover Dam this afternoon) and this (the map below) is our travel plan (driving!) for the next couple of weeks. Above is a preliminary anticipated schedule for reaching each of these…
February 2023: #BestFebruaryEver (for reach and impact) here at Lead Safe Mama dot com. Thank you!
February 24, 2023 – Friday It’s the BEST February ever here at Lead Safe Mama dot com (for reach and impact of this work, as measured by unique page views for the calendar month so far) – and there are still more than four full days left in the month! Thank you for being here….
February 2023 Update: Solidteknics is offering a 30% discount to Lead Safe Mama readers
February 23, 2023 – Thursday 30% DISCOUNT CODE BELOW Solidteknics Stainless Pans Shop – Link: https://shrsl.com/3y0qx Solidteknics Iron Pans – Link: https://shrsl.com/3y0r0 This is a Lead Safe Mama, LLC affiliate link for Solidteknics. Solidteknics products are my personal favorite Lead-free pans (and the pans I use every day in my home — when I am…
February 2023 Yahoo News piece covering the stories of 3 Lead Safe Mama community families
Article Published: February 10, 2023 Written by: Korin Miller for Yahoo News Click the image below to read the full article. 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…
Lead Safe Mama Community FREE Zoom Chat, Tonight! (2/23/2023 — Thursday 7 p.m. PST)
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…
Near San Diego today. Heading East and North from here. Will share the next step in our travel plans as soon as we have things confirmed (probably tonight!)
Published this on Social Media last night; Sunday – February 19, 2023 Tonight I’m “This Far” from home! (See image below) Text me at 415-609-3182 if you are interested in hiring me for a one-on-one home consultation while I’m “down south” here in Southern California (& I’ll text you back with a link with rates…
Bindle Bottle Recalled for Lead Poisoning Risk (Covered by Consumer Reports) — February 17, 2023
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…
Tonight in Fresno!
February 16, 2023 – Thursday Hello all! We’re excited to see you all here tonight at CMAC! Sarah and I are busy setting up, checking the equipment and putting all the snacks in the fridge for you for later. We have reservations for 44 guests, which means there’s still room for a few more friends…
CBS News covered Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work on the Bindle Bottle issue. Read the article here!
From the article: February 11, 2023 – Saturday Click the image below to read the full article on CBS News’ website. Click this link to read all Bindle Bottle related articles on this website.
Consumer Reports did a follow up piece about the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC (their second piece this month!) Read it here!
From the article: February 11, 2023 – Saturday Click the image below to read the article on Consumer Reports’ website. Click this link to read all Bindle Bottle related articles on this website.
In preparing to file the Lead Safe Mama, LLC CPSC violation report for Cupkin, I had the following exchange with the owner
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 by…
This is what #LeadPoisoning looks like.
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…
People are always asking me for the “independent third-party testing” that confirms my test results…
(She says to everyone asking her for “independent third-party testing” because they don’t believe her test results!) Third-Party Testing Definition: Independent testing by an organization that was not involved in the design and implementation of the object being tested (e.g., a system or device) and is not intended as the eventual user…
#NLR – Just for fun: my personal “Bucket List”
Friday – February 10, 2023 Hi friends. I am so burnt out — I have been working 17-hour days nearly every day since October, and now I am just trying to keep up and play catch-up with things I am behind on! I have been writing so much, and answering so many questions (about Lead,…
Interesting Timeline Today: February 9, 2023 … Bindle Bottle finally published a public statement. Coincidence? (LOL)
February 9, 2023 — Tuesday Interesting Bindle Bottle Timeline… I cannot guess WHY things happened the way they happened today (in the order they happened) — because there are several other factors at play, but for fun, for Lead Safe Mama readership’s “amusement,” here’s the order in which these things happened: The first screenshot below…
Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_03_2023 — Reporting Bare Lead “Sealing Dot” Found in the “Food Storage Compartment” of Bindle Bottle Insulated Stainless Steel Products
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…
File this under “stuff I bought for my family”: this is our piece-of-crap toaster
Wednesday – February 8, 2023 People ask me about toasters and other appliances all of the time. I hate appliances. As you can see with all of the KitchenAid nonsense – there are so many variables and most appliances test positive for at least some toxicants in at least one component (usually at least Antimony…
UPDATE to CPSC Report No. 20230128-D3DF9-2147351113 – Lead Contamination in KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachments Marketed for Children’s use
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)…