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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 ...
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Kate Spade Larabee Road Platinum pattern china dish (by Lenox): 49 ppm Lead on the center of the food surface (safe by all standards) — but 3,985 ppm Lead on the BACK MARK (!)
Published: Tuesday — July 5, 2022
The food surface of these dishes is considered to be "safe by all standards." Although they did test positive for trace levels of Lead (at 49 ppm), which is below even the lowest of the current CPSC regulatory limits — of 90 ppm Lead (set for the paint, glaze, ...
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Tamara, what does your husband do? (…besides helping to take care of the kids!?)
June 29, 2022 - Wednesday
First and foremost it is important to share that I would not be able to do a single thing I do without help from my husband. Whenever I am not available to do the "mom" things - he steps in and takes over (including full time when I am traveling for work). He cooks and ...
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New York City (Astoria) Community Event with FREE XRF testing: THIS SATURDAY (June 11, 2022) 10 am – 4 pm!
Lead Safe Mama, LLC will have a booth at Astoria Park on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in conjunction with the NYC Department of Sanitation Safe Disposal Event happening that day. Here is the information for the Safe Disposal Event:
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Ascot borosilicate glass & stainless-steel electric kettle (designed in Denmark, made in China): Lead-free & Mercury-free in all accessible components
Continue reading below each of the images as there are additional XRF Test Results for each component shown, below the image for the component discussed.
February 11, 2022 - Friday
We bought this electric kettle for our family in October of 2020
Now that we have used this electric kettle for more ...
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Pink Silicone Dish by Bumkins (Made in China, 100% Food Grade Silicone): 11 ppm Cadmium (safe by all U.S. and international standards)
Introduction:
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 ...
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Tor-Mex Mexico tortilla press painted with red high-LEAD paint! (Sur La Table, what the HELL is wrong with you!?): 18,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.)
Published: Monday - December 13, 2021
I'd like to start out by saying that there are TWO reasons that the findings of Lead in this tortilla press are a problem.
LEAD (which can get into your food) and
This is not Sur La Table's first offense (nor second; third;...)
For me, ...
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Every grandmother’s cheese slicer (apparently!) #AmIRight? 4,159 ppm Lead. Was this on your holiday table?
Here's the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to my work (or have possibly "stumbled upon" my work - while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research):
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Pottery barn made the “naughty list” AGAIN this year — and they will never get any of my business, ever! Why do they still sell Lead-contaminated products in 2021?
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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Maybe keep the vintage silver plate in the cabinet this holiday season? Barker-Ellis vintage silver plate wine charger with “England” and menorah mark: 9,450 ppm Lead (90 & up is unsafe) + 1,103 ppm Mercury (Mercury!)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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Lobster Salad vs. Ice Cream. Why XRF testing of consumer goods is *relevant*
Lobster Salad is NOT Ice Cream
(but I like both of them!)
In response to the Australian KidSpot article about my work this month...
...and the more then 1,300 comments on their related Facebook post
Here's a link to the Facebook post in question, please read the comments - for ...
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“Lead-Free/ Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan (From Our Place) tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 other metals using XRF technology
The product images below are from the manufacturer's website.
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“Displaced” during a pandemic. Where Next? Santa Monica? Connecticut? NYC? Hawaii? Barbados? Help me figure this out?
Saturday - November 28, 2020
If you have been following our story over the past several months - you know that I have been on the road with my children for quite some time. We actually left on a cross-country road trip / work trip on August 3rd and have not been home yet - in part because of the ...
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Vintage Made-In-U.S.A. Jadeite green Fire-King small glass bowl: 20 ppm Lead (safe by all standards).
Introduction (for those new to this website):
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-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 ...
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