Originally posted February 2017
Updated November 2019
When tested with an XRF instrument, this older Robeez* baby shoe tested positive for Lead with the following readings:
626 ppm Lead (yellow areas of the shoe)
264 ppm Lead (red areas of this shoe)
40 ppm Lead (brown sole of the ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
2011 Ceramic Lined Stainless Steel Starbucks Travel Mug: 63,549 ppm Lead. Context – 90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items!
Starbucks 2011 Ceramic Lined Travel Mug- (broke in shipping).
Inside of mug / white ceramic liner / the part that touches the coffee:
63,549 ppm Lead (ummmm huh!?).
The above number is the level of Lead found when testing the mug using XRF technology. To learn more about XRF testing, Click ...
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#Leaded: 2006 White Ceramic Lined Stainless Steel Starbucks Coffee Brand Travel Mug
2006 Starbucks Mug. Made in China. Interior & exterior white glaze: 66 ppm lead.
Logo (words): 1,122 ppm lead & 266 ppm arsenic.
If you have an interest in learning more about these posts (likely because you are new to my site!) please check out this post and this post for a start! ...
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#LeadedMugs: Starbucks White Mug, 2016
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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Starbucks Coffee Recycled Glass Tumbler: 1,732 ppm Lead [For context: 100 ppm Lead is considered unsafe in toys.]
The Starbucks Coffee Brand slightly green tinted tumbler / glass pictured here had the following readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Lead (Pb): 1,732 +/- 96 ppm
Mercury (Hg): Negative/Non-Detect (ND)
Arsenic (As): Negative/Non-Detect (ND)
Cadmium (Cd): Negative/Non-Detect ...
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My friend invited me to a testing party—what the heck is a “testing party?”
Question: Tamara, my friend invited me to a testing party. What the heck is a testing party and why was I invited?
Answer: Your friend probably likes you a lot! She is likely an environmentally conscious person with a concern for your health and well-being and a ...
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#AskTamara: Q. Does my child’s trumpet mouthpiece have unsafe levels of lead? A. “Yes, most do.” Click the image to learn more.
#AskTamara
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Question: Does my child's trumpet mouthpiece contain unsafe levels of lead?
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Answer: In most cases, yes.
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Please continue reading below for more information.
Leaded Trumpet Mouthpieces.
Only one of the mouthpieces pictured here has no ...
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XRFTesting: Instant Pot (Video)
We tested the Instant Pot today in a Facebook Live video!
(Tested it for lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic - etc., - using an XRF Analyzer)
Watch the video to see the testing results.
Click the Facebook button on the video to share it from Facebook.
Click the image below to check out Instant ...
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A Computer for Tamara
Many of my followers, friends and fans have asked me how they can help and what I need during this time of transition so that I can continue my advocacy work.
As a result of my recent professional transitions I don't currently own a laptop, nor have one to use (unless I borrow my husbands - which ...
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Transitions
Many of you know that I am in a bit of professional transition, starting over - rebranding - while also planning on finishing my documentary film on lead poisoning later this year.
Things are generally going well and picked up after I pulled myself out of a funk in December.
I jokingly said to ...
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KitchenAid Slow Cooker Black Ceramic Liner (Glazed Surface): 386 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe in items for kids)
KitchenAid — 386 ppm Lead (slow cooker).
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 ...
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LEAD FREE: KitchenAid Balloon Whisk, c. 2007/2008
2007/2008 KitchenAid balloon whisk attachment:
No lead - no mercury - no cadmium - no arsenic.
No rhyme or reason that I can see - as to why most have tested positive and this one example has tested negative!
#XRFTesting ...
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My Personal KitchenAid Mixer
KitchenAid Mixer Blade & Dough Hook: Between 600 - 800 ppm lead!!!
This is MY KitchenAid - from my wedding to my ex-husband in 1994. I had tested the blue part before and it was negative and before testing the blades from my friends' mixers it NEVER occurred to ME to test my own ...
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White enamel coated cast aluminum KitchenAid mixer blade c. 2014: 333 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids. (This is 100% not illegal.)
This post was originally written on January 18, 2017
Updated: February 13, 2021
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c. 2014 KitchenAid: 333 ppm lead.
The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for use by children is 90 ppm lead (or more) in the paint, glaze or coating OR 100 ppm ...
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