Originally published December, 2013
Updated April 2017
I get this question every now and then - so I thought I would post the question and my answer here. I also asked the folks at 3M for their take:
Question:
Hi Tamara,
I read the back of our lead testing kit, and was so disappointed ...
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Lead-Away Sesame Street Video! (+ John Oliver)
Here's the 1996 video from Sesame Street. "Lead Away!"
And here's the wonderful John Oliver piece that referenced it! (From April, 2016) ...
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Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Glasses contain 87,500 ppm Lead — did you have this one?
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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Green Glass Desk Lamp
Library / desk lamp with green glass: 32,400 ppm lead (in the glass.) Tested with an XRF.
Thoughts: Is this going to harm the owner? Probably not. Can we manufacture lead-free glass for items like this? Absolutely, yes. Is manufacturing items with high lead content harming the environment and ...
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Anchor Clear Glass Loaf Pan
Anchor Ovenware Loaf Pan: no lead – no mercury – no cadmium – no arsenic!
I have these in my home, but this one belongs to my friend Gayle.
Most modern clear glass is lead-free. Click here for more examples of testing of clear glass that I have done.
Tested with an XRF. Apple included ...
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Wilson Tennis Racket
Wilson Tennis Racket: 5,684 ppm lead on handle. Tested with an XRF. Tennis rackets I have tested have gone either way, with some being positive for lead and some being negative. This is particularly concerning because it is the grippy part of the handle that tested positive for lead. These grips ...
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Blue “Cornflower” Design Corningware Baking pan: Lead-Free (but this does not apply to all years of production for this pattern!)
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 ...
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Pampered Chef Baking Tray: 24 ppm Lead (safe by all standards!)
Pampered Chef Baking Tray, c. 2013:
24 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument.
This is considered safe by all standards.
The amount of lead that is regulated and considered unsafe in items manufactured and intended for use by children is anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint ...
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Anthropologie Glass Knob
Anthropologie Glass Cabinet Knob: 23,800 ppm lead (on the metal component.)
Also positive for 118 ppm cadmium.
Gosh! They have a whole section of their website that is just KNOBS! It would be super fun to test all of them!
If you appreciate what I do (XRF testing of consumer goods and ...
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Q: I’m concerned that the original bathtub that came with my older home might have Lead. What should I do?
Originally Posted June 17, 2014
Updated April 2017
Question from Lucy (Via MisLEAD: America's Secret Epidemic Facebook Page).
QUESTION:
Hi Tamara, We just bought a new house and it has the original bathtub (1956).
What would be the best and most effective way to test for lead? ...
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Ball Jar Straws!
Ball Jar Straws: Non-Detect for Lead, Non-Detect for Cadmium, Non-Detect for Arsenic, Non-Detect for Mercury! Overall a great product. If you want to see this on Amazon, click here.
The exact straw I tested is the image at the bottom of this post.
If you appreciate what I do (XRF ...
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How you can help – when shopping on Amazon, just as you normally do!
For those who have asked to help support my advocacy work by using shopping links on Amazon... In April if you click first on any of the sidebar ads on any page of my website (TamaraRubin.com) before you start shopping on Amazon, I will earn up to 12% for any purchases made in April - that are also ...
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My friend Carissa wrote a book!
Carissa is my amazing friend – who has (nearly single-handedly) pulled me out of the funk I have been in over the past year (in the chaos following the surprise attack, decimation and near extinguishment of a huge chunk of my life's work - the nonprofit I founded.)
Carissa helped me set myself up ...
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#LeadFree / #LeadSafe Ice Cream Maker
This is the ice-cream maker we have.
We love it! It's so much fun. It was the last present my mother bought the boys before she passed away, so we have had it for a couple of years now and we use it all the time.
It's easy, quick and fun - we experiment with all sorts of natural and organic ...
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