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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Recent & Important Articles:
My original letter to the makers of the Green Sprouts sippy cup, following my findings of Lead paint on their glass insert.
Newly manufactured (2017) sippy cup: tested positive for 3,003 ppm Lead (using XRF technology).
Originally published: February 10, 2017
Updated: 12/13/2020
Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to to see a full size PDF of my original letter (dated January 30, 2017) that was written ...
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One Year Ago Today! #IMetABoyAtTheRally
Last year I was affiliated with a nonprofit and our country was in the middle of an election so I limited my sharing of my work with Bernie Sanders, but since both of those things are no longer retraints I wanted to share this with you... #JustBecause!
I met Bernie's Flint campaign HQ manager a ...
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Bentonite clay (a primary Earthpaste toothpaste ingredient) has unsafe levels of Lead. Earthpaste’s marketing downplays this fact.
Originally posted/ discussed in April, 2014
Updated: February 6, 2017
Here's a great recent article about bentonite clay use and its potential dangers.
For those new to this website:
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Liberty Blue Staffordshire Ironstone Washington At Valley Forge dish: 44,500 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids.
Liberty Blue Staffordshire Ironstone Vintage Plate: 44,500 ppm lead.
The amount of lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is 90 ppm or higher. Vintage china is not regulated for total Lead content (as detectable with an XRF instrument.)
For more ...
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Ask Tamara: Q. Can I test my dishes for lead with a home test kit for Lead? A. Sometimes, but not normally. (Click to read more.)
Our current preferred brand for home test kits (to test for Lead in paint) can be found on this link.
Additionally, here is a link to a new Lead-testing product that does work on some consumer goods (but not all).
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Spectacular News! HUD lead limits lowered!
This is spectacular. It has been in the works for something 9 years! (Really much longer since the original research was done!) Kudos to the National Center for Healthy Housing for their hard work!
From Jonathan Wilson, National Center for Healthy Housing
Date: Feb 1, 2017 5:00 PM
Subject: ...
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#SaferChoices: Ice Cream Scoops
Today I am posting images of the various ice cream scoops I have tested with an XRF instrument that have tested positive for lead.
If you have questions about XRF testing, please click here.
In the many years that I have been testing consumer goods I have consistently found at least trace lead ...
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#Leaded: Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Scoop…
Baskin Robbins Brand Ice Cream Scoop: 1,040 ppm lead.
Tested with an XRF instrument.
#XRFTesting
If you have an interest in learning more about these posts (likely because you are new to my site!) please check out this post for a start! Thanks for visiting!
For ...
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Would you like some lead (or cadmium or arsenic) with that ice cream?
Vintage Ice Cream Scoop.
Metal: 28 ppm lead - considered safe by all standards.
Red Plastic Handle: 3,091 ppm cadmium / 26 ppm Arsenic.
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Most ice cream scoops I have tested (especially the vintage ones) have tested positive for at least some lead with an XRF.
For #SaferChoices in ice ...
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#LeadFreeGlass! Random!
No lead! No Mercury ! No arsenic.
I'll ask my friend Sarah where she bought this!
#XRFTesting
This is one of several posts where I will share very little information and really focus on the photos and the XRF Test results. If you have an interest in learning more about these posts (likely ...
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2008 White Ceramic Starbucks Coffee Holiday Mug: 11,200 ppm Lead
2008 White Ceramic Starbucks Coffee Holiday Mug: Tested positive for lead with levels as high as 11,200 ppm when tested with an XRF instrument.
An item like this will not likely test positive with a LeadCheck swab. You can read more about that here.
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Grandma’s Rubber Grapes, With a Side of Lead!
Rubber Centerpiece FauxGrapes: 704 ppm lead.
Did your grandma have these in the middle of her dining room table? They were so chewy!
I distinctly remember taking them from the centerpiece and chewing them like gum!
The current hazard level for items intended for children is 90 ppm ...
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#LeadedMugs; Dollar Store – #1 Mom!
901 ppm lead. #DollarStore, Purchased c. 2010.
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The current amount of lead that is considered toxic in an item intended for children is anything over 90 ppm lead. Items intended for adults (including dishware) are generally unregulated for total lead content as detectable with an ...
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