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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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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). ...
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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 ...
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I just did a fun little Instagram Live video chat with @NonToxicMamaBear — watch it here.
December 16, 2022 — Friday
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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 ...
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