Walt Disney Y2K Dancing Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Drinking Glass: 1,432 Cadmium in the red paint. Cadmium causes cancer. Thanks, Disney!
Continue reading below the images of additional cups/ mugs/ glassware we have tested. Each image below is a direct link to a separate piece about the item, which includes XRF test results. • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Published April…
The Dirt Natural Toothpaste: No Fluoride, No Glycerin, No Xylitol, Paleo Friendly, Gluten Free, Vegan & “just” 19,000 ppb Cadmium (which causes cancer.)
Short introduction video posted on Instagram: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lead Poisoning Prevention (@leadsafemama) Screenshot from this company’s Facebook ad (December 2021) Photos of the actual product tested. Continue reading below the…
Your grandmother does not want you poisoning your kids in her memory — chuck grandma’s toxic kitchenware! Vintage / antique metal potato ricer with red Lead-painted handles: >12% Lead!
Friday – April 29, 2022 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lead Poisoning Prevention (@leadsafemama) This vintage kitchenware tool tested positive for *FOUR* metallic toxicants! When tested using XRF technology this piece of…
Please DO NOT give toys from YOUR CHILDHOOD to your baby to play with. This 1984 Mattel baby rattle / teether tests positive for LEAD, ARSENIC and CADMIUM.
Published: April 27, 2022 Things like this make me want to SCREAM from the rooftops — or do something really outrageous (go on Instagram in a bikini?) to generate attention so that everyone listens. IF you are reading this PLEASE share this with all of the new parents you know who were born in…
XRF Test Results For Burpee Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix (2022).
Wednesday – April 27, 2022 Readers often send me soil samples to test. This is the first time someone has sent me “Seed Starting Mix.” She didn’t include a photo of the package or the actual package, but I will ask her for that so I can update this post with more details. In the…
XRF test results for Andstar natural bamboo placemats – made in China (Amazon purchase – 2022)
Wednesday – April 27, 2022 I purchased these for our home. I like to use these both as placemats for meals and as a mat to put drying dishes on or as mats for the kids to use for art projects. I also like to use them as background for photos for my work (photos…
April 26, 2022 is a big day here at LeadSafeMama.com… (we passed 12,100,000 all-time page views — and 400,000 page-views for the month of April — tonight!)
April 25, 2022 – Tuesday Highlights for today: Today we passed 12,100,000 unique all-time page views here on LeadSafeMama.com! Today we passed 400,000 unique page views for the month of April 2022 (this is only the 4th month ever that this has happened)! Today we passed 1,200,000 unique page views for the year! With about…
Tamara’s Favorite Things list: My Favorite Hair Brushes for My Kids!
Tuesday – April 26, 2022 Hair brushes like this are the only kind that work for my kids (we all have long, very thick hair!) I have tried all of the gimmicky ones (that are supposed to be good for tangles) and all of the different more expensive / fancy ones — and these are…
May / June 2022 Lead Safe Mama Travel Schedule; California & New York!
Sunday – April 24, 2022 I have some exciting news! This month (April 2022) I was (for the first time) able to get my hands on the refurbished (new-to-us) XRF Instrument that is owned by Lead Safe Mama, LLC! Our first (of two) refurbished instrument was sent back to us and tested and is [at long last!] in…
The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC – covered in “Cracked”! Check out this article (it’s the saga of the Leaded Garfield Cup, continued).
April 23, 2022 – Saturday The article (linked below – click the image) is more of the internet coverage of (and buzz over) our findings of Lead on the Garfield McDonald’s Cups! I will do a post soon linking all of the TikTok, Twitter, Reddit and Instagram posts that this has generated over the past…
#EarthDay update #1: April 2022 is the #5thBestMonthEver @ LeadSafeMama.com !
April 22, 2022 – Friday So.Much.Gratitude. – These numbers represent the number of people we (together) are reaching with this information (information for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety). – These numbers also represent the fact that we are back to pre-pandemic readership levels here at LeadSafeMama.com. – These numbers also represent the…
4/19/2022: LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com just passed TWELVE MILLION unique all-time views. Thank YOU for making that possible!
…and here’s one more fun stat (from yesterday)… The Lead Poisoning Prevention With Lead Safe Mama Facebook group passed 17,000 members! And another… It looks like we are going to close out April 2022 with over 400,000 unique page views for the month! And an update from today (4/19/2022)… #6thBestMonthEver and eleven days still to go!…
XRF Update & Request: April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022 – Monday Hey all! Lead Safe Mama, LLC is NOT a nonprofit, we are (instead) a unique community-collaborative small business. Our work is directed by your requests and it is also (in part) funded by contributions* from our readers. In recent months we have been working very hard to earn the $…
WOW – on Wednesday night, April 13th – with 17 days left to go in the month – April 2022 became the best April ever here at LeadSafeMama.com! Thanks, Garfield!
Saturday – April 16, 2022 Just now (10:36 a.m.), April 2022 entered the top 12 months of all-time here on LeadSafeMama.com (bumping January 2022 out of the “12th best month spot”, but the BIG event began sometime Wednesday night (a few days ago)… With two posts going viral this month (the Garfield mug AND Corelle…
I am excited to share that I am speaking at Stanford University (in Palo Alto) this week! (Wednesday!)
Monday – April 11, 2022 I’m on the road (again) working with families and businesses in California this week – and a highlight of this week is that I will be sharing the film (and hosting a post-screening discussion about the issue of childhood Lead poisoning in America today) at Stanford University on Wednesday (details in the image below…
Hestan Nanobond Stainless Steel 3 -quart Saucepan, “Made in Italy”: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury and Antimony.
XRF test results for the pan pictured. Reading #1) Interior Food Surface of the Pan (flat interior bottom) 90-second test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 335,400 +/- 1,200 ppm Vanadium (V): 1,728 +/- 286 ppm Manganese (Mn): 9,375 +/- 745 ppm Iron (Fe):…
Bonjour Fruitful Nectar Dish (Made in China): 56 ppm Lead, 13 ppm Cadmium & 65 Antimony. Food surface is safe by all standards.
XRF test results for the dish pictured. The food surface of this dish tested safe by all standards. The back mark is painted with high-Lead black paint (1,521 ppm Lead). Reading #1) Teal blue on the food surface of the dish 60-second test Lead (Pb): 45 +/- 11 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 12 +/- 5 ppm…
Maple Spiles (for tapping trees for maple syrup) Made in Canada – sent in from a reader in Wisconsin!
XRF Test Results for the Maple Syrup Spiles Pictured Reading #1) Shiny newer looking one 60-second test Aluminum Based Lead (Pb): 223 +/- 17 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 1,870 +/- 146 ppm Copper (Cu): 786 +/- 51 ppm Zinc (Zn): 1313 +/- 55 ppm…
Royal York China Canterbury Bell (Hohenberg, Germany): 14,300 ppm Lead + 14 ppm Cadmium (on the center of the food surface of the dish.)
XRF test results for the dish pictured. Reading #1) In the center of the food surface on the blue bell flower design 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 14,300 +/- 300 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 14 +/- 5 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 2,434 +/- 314 ppm Manganese (Mn): 6,416 +/- 337 ppm Iron…
Vintage artificial Christmas tree sample from Amsterdam: Non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, and Antimony
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…
Replica musket ball from Old Sturbridge Village: Lead-free… BUT… 78,300 ppm Antimony (which causes cancer and is incredibly toxic to children).
XRF test results for the replica musket ball pictured: 60-second test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Copper (Cu): 739 +/- 354 ppm Tin (Sn): 920,900 +/- 11,000 ppm Antimony (Sb): 78,300 +/- 1,500 ppm No other metals detected in consumer goods mode. For those new…
2022 the Mountain Valley Spring Water Green Glass Bottle: Non-detect for Lead, positive for 17 ppm Cadmium & 21 ppm Antimony (safe by all standards)
On green glass of the bottle 60-second test Note: The label on this year of the bottle is a sticker Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): 17 +/- 5 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 669 +/- 301 ppm Iron (Fe): 1,958 +/- 168 ppm Zinc (Zn): 34 +/- 14 ppm Niobium (Nb):…
Evenflo glass bottle with white painted markings: 11 ppm Cadmium in the glass (safe by all standards)
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)…
Tiny brass Master-brand lock: 31,200 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids. Locks are not toys!
Reading #1) On the brass-colored body of the lock 60-Second Test Lead (Pb): 31,200 +/- 1,000 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 121 +/- 46 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 2,450 +/- 255 ppm Nickel (Ni): 1,382 +/- 180 ppm Copper (Cu): 589,100 +/- 2,400 ppm Zinc (Zn): 372,900 +/- 2,100…