We tested the Instant Pot today in a Facebook Live video!
(Tested it for lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic - etc., - using an XRF Analyzer)
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Recent & Important Articles:
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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KitchenAid Brand Paddle Attachment for Upright Counter-Top Stand Mixer, purchased new c. 2006: 644 ppm Lead
When tested with an XRF instrument this KitchenAid stand mixer paddle attachment (purchased new, circa 2006) was positive for 644 ppm Lead. It is important to note that this is NOT the new (2018) stainless steel paddle, this is the "burnished" finish version of the paddle. I have not ...
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KitchenAid Mixer Attachments (c. 2014): As high as 2,434 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead is unsafe in items intended for use by kids)
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 ...
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KitchenAid Dough Hook. C. 2006.
KitchenAid 689 ppm lead.
Purchased circa. 2006
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The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead content (as detectable with an XRF instrument.)
I am NOT saying that this item will poison you, but ...
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KitchenAid Dough Hook, c. 2015
Newer (2015) KitchenAid Dough Hook: 315 ppm lead
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The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead content (as detectable with an XRF instrument.)
I am NOT saying that this item will poison you, but ...
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KitchenAid Whisk Attachment
KitchenAid whisk attachment: The top "nut" on this whisk attachment tested positive for lead at 274 parts per million (ppm.)
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The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead content. I am NOT ...
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KitchenAid Paddle Attachment, c. 2007
KitchenAid paddle: 607 parts per million lead (ppm).
Purchased New Circa 2007(?)
It was a "non-detect" for arsenic.
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The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead content. I am NOT saying ...
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KitchenAid Beater Attachment
KitchenAid beater: 445 ppm lead.
And this black stuff came off all over the swab... How could the company even consider this safe for food use?!
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The level of lead that is considered unsafe for an item intended for children is 90 ppm lead. Items like this are not regulated for total lead ...
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