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 ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
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 ...
Read More about All the links below go with my interview from Wednesday (12/21/22) with @Ecoshaker on Instagram!
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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 do that!) but I did want to ...
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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. I ...
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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 would have been proud of my ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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" ...
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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 ...
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