Top 20 Articles of all TIME on LeadSafeMama.com (as of 12/17/2022)
December 17, 2022 – Saturday Top 20 Lead Safe Mama Posts & Articles (of all time!) – links below Vintage Corelle Warning: message from a company rep. Vintage Tupperware Warning: measuring cups test results Corelle Butterfly Gold Plate: xrf test results Ask Tamara: Which mugs are lead-free? Ask Tamara: Which dishes do you use? Ask…
We just passed 5,000,000 unique page views for 2022 (our best year ever here at LeadSafeMama.com)! To celebrate, I’m sharing the top 20 most popular Lead Safe Mama articles of all time!
December 17, 2022 – Saturday I just had to write a quick note to share that we just passed FIVE MILLION unique page views for the year here at LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com (this happened late last night)! FIVE MILLION — In ONE YEAR! This is our best year ever for readership here at LeadSafeMama.com; our…
Another Lead Safe Mama Lead-free favorite – I use these all the time in my home!
Saturday – December 17, 2022 Today’s Lead-free thing (that I own and use in my kitchen) aflink: https://amzn.to/3uZacxC To see ALL of these recent posts with suggestions of Lead-free things for your family (things I own and use with my family) click the “Bought for my Family” keyword tag at the top of any of…
Last night (just before bed) I learned that my most-significantly-Lead-poisoned child (Avi) has been buying (& eating) HU Dark Chocolate. I’m furious.
I wanted to share the story below as a reminder to folks that we all do our best as parents, and still, things like this slip by. We should never panic. We cannot go back in time; we can only move forward and re-presence ourselves and our family to the science (a continually-evolving dataset) behind…
Here’s the #BS GREENWASHING response that HU Chocolate is sharing with concerned customers. I will publish my response to this shortly.
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…
A Lead-free favorite of my (teenage) kids. [Note: my kids are science-geeks!]
Friday – December 16, 2022 My kids love science…and one aspect of their love for science is that they really love collecting “specimens” when we travel — which they bring home for subsequent examination, evaluation & analysis; cataloguing & archiving! Currently, Charlie and Avi are enjoying collecting sand and water samples from the various habitats they…
I just did a fun little Instagram Live video chat with @NonToxicMamaBear — watch it here.
December 16, 2022 — Friday View this post on Instagram A post shared by | (@nontoxicmamabear) For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning…
Some preliminary thoughts on the Consumer Reports “Lead in Chocolate” article published today…
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 four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…
Another Lead Safe Mama Lead-free favorite (on sale today & this one has a LID!)
Tuesday – December 13, 2022 I love this one – but don’t own it personally (yet). Will probably buy it some day (when I have my kitchen back together!) https://amzn.to/3HySmcv To see ALL of these recent posts with suggestions of Lead-free things for your family (things I own and use with my family) click the…
My husband’s favorite Lead-free glass measuring cup (& juicer!)
Tuesday – December 13, 2022 My husband’s favorite glass measuring cup (& Juicer): https://amzn.to/3Pt1a5E To see ALL of these recent posts with suggestions of Lead-free things for your family (things I own and use with my family) click the “Bought for my Family” keyword tag at the top of any of these posts and a…
My favorite Lead-free loaf pans for the family – on sale today!
Tuesday – December 13, 2022 On Sale Today… My favorite Loaf Pans! $19.67 for a set of two. https://amzn.to/3PsSb4b To see ALL of these recent posts with suggestions of Lead-free things for your family (things I own and use with my family) click the “Bought for my Family” keyword tag at the top of any…
KitchenAid UK assures customers their products have no lead: “There is no Lead in any of our items.”
December 13, 2022 – Tuesday Just Leaving This One Here – LOL! – More info at LeadSafeMama.com today – just check out the home page where there are several related highlighted articles. Thanks! Update: December 14, 2022 – Wednesday Here’s another screenshot that a reader shared with me today…
Post on Instagram just now: Perhaps we should sue KitchenAid for slander?
December 13, 2022 – Tuesday Published on Instagram Just Now So. Several people have told me this morning that KitchenAid representatives told them that my work is somehow a scam. Folks have also shared that KitchenAid has shared that my work is not true, that somehow my scientific testing of their products (demonstrating that their…
Lead Safe Mama readers told me KitchenAid indicated they were “lawyering up” so I created a series of videos in response….
December 12, 2022 – Monday These videos are pretty self explanatory. They were made in response to comments from multiple Lead Safe Mama readers that KitchenAid had indicated they were referring this matter to their legal team. I am posting them below in the order that I posted them on Instagram… hopefully for a bit…
December 2022 KitchenAid Update (Re: Lead-contaminated cast-Aluminum KitchenAid Paddles, Whisk & Dough Hooks)
Link to recent article (December 2022) with comprehensive overview of the issue Link to template/ language to use when contacting KitchenAid Link to the Lead Safe Mama point-by-point response to their boiler plate denial/ deflection response (“Throughout our 111 year history…”) A piece with videos showing me purchasing and testing a NEW paddle attachment from Walmart…
2022 Goals / 2023 Goals: Instagram Followers
December 10, 2022 – Saturday I just shared this on Instagram today Hi friends! I have set a little goal here. I think with the rate of growth (Y’all inviting your friends to join you here in following this work) over the last few weeks it is truly possible that we could easily reach 20,000…
Corelle: Are your vintage dishes safe for use with food? Probably not.
This is an ad-free article. Advertising and affiliate income help Lead Safe Mama, LLC cover the costs of the work we do here (independent consumer goods testing and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy). We have removed ads from most of our more widely-read articles (like this one!) to make them easier for you to read….
EOY Request for support of the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC
Saturday – December 10, 2022 Because the income earned from the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC (including the independent consumer goods testing we do) is not quite covering the costs of doing this work, we have to periodically take out business loans to keep up with Lead Safe Mama expenses. This (image above) is…
My favorite Lead-free electric kettle – on sale today!
Saturay – December 10, 2022 One of my husband’s favorite Lead-free purchases: https://amzn.to/3iTAMWl (aflink) on sale today with a 7% discount (or clippable online coupon.) Full test results for this product can be found on this link. Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on one of my links I may…
My comment on a Joe Biden Instagram post just now (@POTUS) about Lead in water.
Friday – December 9, 2022 Here’s the full text of my comment just now: “But this quote represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the concern. The pipes are only a small part of the problem. Fittings, fixtures and other components of the water delivery system were allowed to be labeled as “Lead-free” yet contain up to…
The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC was highlighted in The Guardian this month — December 2022!
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific…
My favorite Lead-free pie plates for the holidays!
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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method…
One from the vault: An email I wrote *years ago* about funding cuts made to the CDC Lead Program.
Thursday: December 8, 2022 Introduction This email was re-shared with me by a colleague this week. I had sent this out to Leadnet (a national Lead poisoning prevention email exchange board run by the National Center for Healthy Housing) over ten years ago. In re-reading this email I thought it would be worth publishing here since…
A Big Request
12/8/2022 – Thursday As you may know, Lead Safe Mama, LLC was responsible for getting TWO Leaded baby bottles recalled in 2022. We are still working on getting 10 more Leaded baby feeding products recalled. To this end, I continue to seek out a loan to Lead Safe Mama, LLC (for about $65,000)…