This site had 39,831 unique visits in March! Thank you for visiting!
Please keep sending your friends, especially those who are looking for ways to protect their children from environmental toxicity in their homes, schools and environment!
I really appreciate your efforts to spread the word.
As ...
Read More about Thanks to you and your friends for visiting this site 39,831 times in March!
Recent & Important Articles:
Which foods have lower Lead levels? Tamara’s food list (including foods we try to avoid at all costs)!
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). ...
Read More about Which foods have lower Lead levels? Tamara’s food list (including foods we try to avoid at all costs)!
Q. Is there an unsafe level of Lead in bone broth? A. There can be, so you need to be careful in sourcing your bones.
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 ...
Read More about Q. Is there an unsafe level of Lead in bone broth? A. There can be, so you need to be careful in sourcing your bones.
Ask Tamara: What Dish Rack Do You Use?
Ask Tamara
Question: What dish rack do you use?
Answer: Natural materials! Whenever possible I try to stick with natural materials in my home. That means unpainted, uncoated - and usually undecorated. For a dish rack, I think wood is good option!
I have also had stainless steel ones in ...
Read More about Ask Tamara: What Dish Rack Do You Use?
Vintage 1950s Silverware, Blossom Time: Lead-free! Vintage (but not antique!) sterling silver is generally a safe choice.
Originally written: March 28, 2017
Updated: March 3, 2020
A little personal story about the silverware pictured here.
My husband's mother died of a very aggressive form of lung cancer when he was just 18 years old (c. 1976.). As a result, I never met my mother-in-law - and my children never ...
Read More about Vintage 1950s Silverware, Blossom Time: Lead-free! Vintage (but not antique!) sterling silver is generally a safe choice.
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Costume Jewelry
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing costume jewelry hot of the display shelf at Target!
Check out my #SaferChoices post about jewelry here!
If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF ...
Read More about #GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Costume Jewelry
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Testing Clear Glass
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing clear glass dishes hot of the display shelf at Target!
If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer ...
Read More about #GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Testing Clear Glass
#GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Vinyl T-Shirt Designs
Please check out this little video below that Carissa (from Creative Green Living) and I made, testing children's t-shirts hot of the display shelf at Target!
If you appreciate what I do & would like to support my advocacy work (including the XRF testing I do of consumer goods) please consider ...
Read More about #GuerrillaXRFTesting @ Target! Vinyl T-Shirt Designs
#LeadSafeMama’s favorite Lead-free dishes: white glass embossed “Bella Faenza” pattern by Corelle
These Corelle Bella Faenza dishes are my new favorite dishes.
They are a little more expensive than the simple plain frost white Corelle (which are similarly Lead-free, as are any of the new plain white Corelle), but they also have a beautiful embossed vine-like pattern around the edges.
This ...
Read More about #LeadSafeMama’s favorite Lead-free dishes: white glass embossed “Bella Faenza” pattern by Corelle
#LeadFree: Corelle Frost White Bowl
Corelle Frost White Bowl: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg!
To see this exact product online click here!*
The exact one tested is pictured below.
For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here!
Learn more about XRF Testing here.
Please consider ...
Read More about #LeadFree: Corelle Frost White Bowl
#LeadFree: SnapWare Glass Storage
SnapWare Glass Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg!
To see this exact product online click here!*
The exact one tested is pictured below.
For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here!
Learn more about XRF Testing here.
Please ...
Read More about #LeadFree: SnapWare Glass Storage
#LeadFree: SnapWare Plastic Storage
SnapWare Plastic Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg!
To see a similar product online click here!*
The exact one tested is pictured below.
For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here!
Learn more about XRF Testing here.
Please ...
Read More about #LeadFree: SnapWare Plastic Storage
#LeadFree: Sistema Sandwich Box
Sistema Sandwich Box: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg!
To see a similar product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below.
For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here!
Learn more about XRF Testing here.
Please consider contributing in ...
Read More about #LeadFree: Sistema Sandwich Box
Nuby Teether: Non-detect for Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury when tested with an XRF instrument. (Thank G-d!)
Originally written: March 20, 2017
Updated: March 3, 2020
When tested with an XRF instrument the Nuby Teether pictured in this post (purchased new in 2013) was Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). It was also non-detect for Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury. This finding is ...
Read More about Nuby Teether: Non-detect for Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury when tested with an XRF instrument. (Thank G-d!)
