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Recent & Important Articles:
#LeadSafe Dishes: Polish Pottery
Polish Pottery: 50 ppm lead.
Hello! These are some of the results of recent XRF testing. The amount of lead that is considered unsafe in an item intended for use by children is 90 parts per million and higher. Dishware is not considered "for use by children" and is therefore not regulated in the ...
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Thank you everyone: 32,084 vists here in February
This site had 32,084 unique visits in February!
Thank you for visiting!
Please keep sending your friends!
I really appreciate your efforts to spread the word, helping to protect children and families everywhere from environmental toxicity!
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My February 28, 2017 response to the attorneys for the Green Sprouts sippy cup: “Dear iPlay”
Advertising screenshot from the Green Sprouts website (with my letter below it):
Originally Published: February 28, 2017
3:53 a.m., PST
Dear iPlay,
We love you.
"We" are environmentally conscious moms trying to make our children's lives better by protecting them from environmental ...
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#LeadedSippyCups: KPIX San Francisco News Story
KPIX San Francisco, news piece about lead found in the Green Sprouts sippy cup.
Please click on the image below to read the story on their site and watch the video of their original news story.
Published/ Aired February 11, 2017
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Coverage of the #GreenSproutsSippyCupIssue by The Soft Landing
From our friends at The Soft Landing
(click the image below to read their full original post!)
This story is from their website on Feb 27, 2017
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Dr. Mercola’s Coverage of the Green Sprouts Sippy Cup “Issue”
Click the image below to read Dr. Joseph Mercola's coverage of the Green Sprouts sippy cup situation. Dr. Mercola has made a few errors in his post and we let him know about this, hopefully he will update it soon!
This story is from his website on Feb 27, 2017
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Twinsies! We each got letters from Green Sprouts’ attorneys on the same day!
This is a follow up post about the situation that has unfolded as a result of the high levels of lead I found (using XRF testing) in a newly purchased/ newly manufactured sippy cup (manufactured as intended to be used for infants and young children) made by Green Sprouts. To see all the related ...
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Supporting Details & Studies on the Appropriateness of #XRFTesting
This post was written as supporting documentation to a post about the Green Sprouts sippy cup focusing on the appropriateness and efficacy of XRF testing as a methodology for consumer goods testing. Thanks for reading!
If you take the time to read this and follow the links, I applaud your ...
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Read this post to learn what I have done at my home to make sure my urban yard and garden are Lead-safe!
Posted here: February 26, 2017
Updated: April 26, 2020
I took this picture of our back yard years ago and realized that every element in the photos had a “Lead story” – so I thought it would be fun to annotate it and share it with you all, in case it could ...
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Vintage Milk Glass Salt & Pepper Shakers
Vintage Milk Glass Salt & Pepper Shakers.
57,800 ppm lead (on the painted decorations).
Lids are lead-free (non-detect for lead with XRF).
XRFTesting.
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Small vintage milk glass Pyrex mixing bowl: 893 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe in kid’s items & most milk glass has some Lead)
For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website:
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This is what a responsible company looks like! Read this letter from Instant Pot.
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). ...
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Letter from Green Sprouts Sippy Cup Attorneys
Originally Published: February 26, 2017
I have been out of town (in California) for the past several days. My husband received this via FedEx today (Saturday, 2/25/2017). Please click on the image to see the letter full size. I will be writing more about this shortly, however I ...
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