Hershey sued over chocolate containing high levels of Lead & Cadmium!
December 29, 2022 – Thursday Link to article is below (click on the image). “NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Hershey Co (HSY.N) has been sued by a consumer who accused the company of selling dark chocolate that contains harmful levels of lead and cadmium.”
Scene about Lead in chocolate & wine (filmed in February of 2012) from MisLEAD:America’s Secret Epidemic (a documentary.)
December 29, 2022 – Thursday Below is the final scene of the documentary feature film that I directed and produced, MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic about the epidemic of Lead poisoning in America today. This scene is about Lead in Chocolate (& Wine!). The scene was filmed in Boston, Mass in February of 2012 (more than…
One last thing…
Thursday – December 29, 2022 If Y’all could do just ONE thing to support my advocacy work before the end of the year (so in the next three days – preferably today) please click through to the home page of Lead Safe Mama dot com (type it in to your browser so that it isn’t…
Deconstructing KitchenAid’s greenwashed response to findings of Lead in their stand mixer attachments
This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. 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…
Here’s a template for messaging or calling KitchenAid and demanding Lead-free replacement stand mixer attachments
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 point-by-point response to KitchenAid’s public statements regarding Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s findings of Lead contamination in their standard mixer attachments
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…
Tips for Navigating This Website
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
Cognitive Dissonance: Several Lead-contaminated products have received “#1” ratings from EWG
While the products listed below may not be “EWG Verified” products, many are just below that in their rating scale with a “#1” score. Consumers take EWG’s above statements to heart and (predictably, given human nature) are likely to associate / extrapolate the sentiment of the “EWG Verified” language to *other* highly-rated EWG products (which unfortunately includes…
Demand EWG remove Lead-contaminated products from their site (here’s a letter template you can use)!
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…
A request for YOUR help TODAY (TIA)
December 23, 2022 – Friday A request for YOUR help TODAY Do you want to support this work in a simple and free way? Here’s how (& why) to do that this week! Here’s the “why now“: Lead Safe Mama, LLC relies on advertising income (on our website) to cover a significant portion of the cost…
All the links below go with my interview from Wednesday (12/21/22) with @Ecoshaker on Instagram!
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,…
Check out my Instagram Live chat (12/21/22) with @ecoshaker (we cover a lot of ground!)
December 22, 2022 — Thursday Yesterday I had a super fun Instagram Live conversation with @ecoshaker. Please click the image to watch the whole interview/ conversation. We covered a lot of ground (it’s an hour and 50 minutes long!) but if you are a supporter of this work and want to get to know…
My informational graphic responding to the chocolate manufacturers’ misinformation campaign — the Lead-in-chocolate controversy
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
KitchenAid’s latest (Greenwashed) corporate response to the Lead Safe Mama findings of Lead in their attachments (stand by for my detailed response)
Thursday – December 22, 2022 The corporate greenwashing and deflection of responsibility has been coming fast and furious today! Below is KitchenAid’s response that was sent to several concerned Lead Safe Mama readers today. I will post my full response this asap.
The COMPLETE (ridiculous, greenwashed) statement published by HU on their website today (12/22/22). Stand by for my full response.
I copied and pasted this (full text below) from HU’s website. Direct link here. To Our Community December 22, 2022 An Important Message From The Hu Team To our cherished Hu Community, In the past few days, we’ve received messages from a number of you following a recent news story referencing Hu dark chocolate. We’ve…
This is some of what I did today: my current fight with my son’s school (Portland State University)
December 21, 2022 – Wednesday Today I wrote this letter to my son’s school (PSU) because they are unable to award him the full tuition scholarship that he otherwise would qualify for – due to bureaucratic restrictions in their scholarship policy. Their policy (as it stands) arbitrarily has conditions which make it impossible for Avi to qualify for their full…
As anticipated, December 2022 is already in the top 10 months of all time (for readership, reach & impact) here on LeadSafeMama.com
Tuesday – December 20, 2022 Since there are still eleven days left to go (in the month and in the year), I won’t take the time right now to do a full breakdown of all the amazing milestones we have hit and passed this month and this year (I will wait until January 1st to…
Another Lead Safe Mama Lead-free favorite — clear glass butter dishes!
Monday — December 19, 2022 I don’t actually own one of these glass butter dishes at the moment (I’ve personally [again!] sworn off dairy as of this week since it makes it hard for me to breathe/makes me cough even in trace amounts!), but I have put some selections below from two brands I trust….
Update posted on social media early this morning (12/19/22 – Monday)
Monday – December 19, 2022 It’s just after 5:00 am – 12/19/22. Can’t sleep. Having a dream about my mom. This is a really hard time of year for me. Dec 25th was her birthday. Born in 1942, she would have been 80 this year. She died far too young. #FuckCancer – I know she…
The Tower of London responded to my email… in LESS THAN 24 HOURS! Amazing. Read our correspondence here.
December 19, 2022 — Monday When I woke up this morning and checked my email first thing (around 6 a.m.!) I had already received a response (two, in fact!) from the agency in charge of the Tower of London gift shop (related to my concerns for this tiny London bus ornament). I just sent…
Incredibly toxic and dangerous souvenir purchased at the Tower of London gift shop (November 2022)
Published: December 18, 2022 — Sunday Well … I guess I can really pick ’em! I have a special talent (actually, body of knowledge and experience) that enables me to easily pick out the most toxic souvenir in the shop! I purchased this at the Tower of London Gift Shop last month — because…
Interlaken, Switzerland souvenir ceramic mug (2022): 6,151 ppm Lead on the interior food surface.
Published: December 18, 2022 – Sunday I purchased this at a souvenir shop in Switzerland (November 2022) — following a long group discussion/collective speculative inquiry with my kids about which souvenirs were likely to be Leaded and which were likely to be Lead-free [it’s a strange “game” of educated-guessing we sometimes play for dark “fun” with…
Because you asked: XRF test results for a 2022 green glass San Pellegrino bottle
December 18, 2022 — Sunday In response to the original Lead Safe Mama article (link) about XRF test results for a green glass San Pellegrino bottle (originally published in April of 2017), Lead Safe Mama readers have asked me to test a more recent bottle from this brand. I purchased one of these bottles…
Another Lead Safe Mama Lead-free favorite – I use these in my son’s art area to store his supplies!
Sunday – December 18, 2022 Today’s Lead-free thing (that I own and use – in my son’s art area actually!) aflink: https://amzn.to/3jfset3 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…