2001 Wedgwood Traditions Heirloom Bone China, made in England: 69 ppm Lead (safe by all standards), Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free
XRF test results for plain white bone china Wedgwood Traditions Heirloom dish (made in England) pictured: Reading #1) On the food surface of the dish 60-second test Lead (Pb): 69 +/- 6 ppm (safe by all standards) Arsenic (As): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 2,479…
Newer Ikea white glass plate (similar to Corelle), made in France: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free
Published: March 23, 2022 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. Full XRF test results for the plain white glass Ikea dish pictured 60-second test (repeated multiple times to confirm the result) Lead (Pb): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Cadmium…
FAQs: Answers to the 15 most asked Lead Safe Mama questions about vintage dishes, antiques, and other collectables
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…
A Lead Safe Mama Facebook post is going viral right now! It has already reached 407,000+ people, been shared 2,600+ times and has over 1,200 comments! (As of 5:30 p.m. EST Tuesday 3/22/22)
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…
Who Won? Who Won?! [Click through and scroll down to see who won!]
March 22, 2022 – Tuesday Who won the prize of a set of two #LeadFree pans from @Solidteknics as part of our #GiveAway celebrating that @LeadSafeMama passed 10,000 Instagram followers?! Stand by – I will be announcing the winners ASAP! In the meantime for the rest of today I am putting my affiliate link for these pans…
Today (Sunday, 3/20/2022) LeadSafeMama.com passed 11,500,000 unique all-time page views! Thank you for supporting this work!
March 20, 2022 – Sunday In addition to reaching our goal of 10,000 @LeadSafeMama Instagram followers today, LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com (this website!) passed 11,500,000 unique all-time page views early this morning too! More stats for today: We’ve had over 2,500,000 page views in the past 12 months! We’ve had more than 600,222 page views…
Today (Sunday, 3/20/2022) @LeadSafeMama passed 10,000 followers on Instagram! Thank you!
March 20, 2022 – Sunday About a year ago I set a goal for @LeadSafeMama to reach 10,000 followers on Instagram. In support of this goal both @Solidteknics and @Naturepedic donated product for #GiveAways to encourage our engagement on Instagram, and I posted as often as I could – with new test results and information…
Lead Safe Mama, LLC Federal EIN paperwork (for the record!) 🙂
Published: March 14, 2022 – Monday I frequently need to dig around in my paperwork for this important piece of information and I just realized that I had not yet published it on the website (which makes it easier for me to find and available for anyone else who needs it.) If you click on…
March 14, 2022 Letter to Arion Press in San Francisco (a company likely Lead poisoning their employees, interns and visitors to their factory.)
March 14, 2022 – Monday In response to re-sharing my piece (yesterday) about the concern for high Lead levels in vintage print trays (that many families are unfortunately using to display curios and small toys in their children’s rooms (link here), last night a friend shared this video with me (embedded below). I watched it…
After I broke my (foot off of my) leg my Physical Therapist asked me what my goal was. I responded “To ride my bike across the United States.” I wasn’t kidding.
After I broke my leg I told my Physical Therapist that my goal is to ride my bike across the country. He said… let’s just start with riding your bike a mile. This is the story of why I won’t settle for that (and why the cross country ride is still my goal!) Saturday –…
Charlie and the Cotton Candy Machine: an unexpected form of therapy, education, and socialization!
Published: March 10, 2022 – Thursday I’m going to start this post with all of the things we bought to create this opportunity for Charlie, and I will follow up with the “story” about how this seemingly small (and unlikely) thing has made a huge difference in Charlie’s life! Here’s everything you need to buy…
Lindt-Stymeist brand ceramics brown glazed bowl in “Acorn” color, Made in Japan: 39 ppm Lead & 8 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.
Published: March 10, 2022 This bowl is truly lovely to touch and hold. There is a really interesting unique quality of the glaze – and I don’t say that very often. The Lead and Cadmium levels are safe by all standards, and this is a very high-fire piece, so I do not have concern for…
“Belt Stripe Tape” sold by The Martial Arts Supermarket in 2022…the package is clearly marked “WARNING: Cancer” — yet it is sold for teachers to use to mark kids’ belts.
Published: March 7, 2022 – Monday Last month (just about a week ago actually!), after I published the post discussing the concern for industrial-quality (commercial-grade) electrical tape being used to mark children’s martial arts belts (link here), I heard back from so many parents with more information about this problem… I learned that not only…
XRF test results for Parent’s Choice glass bottle with gray markings: 17 ppm Lead & 9 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards)
XRF test results for the Parent’s Choice glass bottle with gray exterior painted markings – pictured. Published: March 7, 2022 Reading #1) clear glass of bottle 60-second test (all tests repeated multiple times to confirm test results) Lead (Pb): 12 +/- 3 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 5 +/- 2 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect…
Dynasty Fine China (Made in China): 2,036 ppm Lead on the food surface & 9,807 ppm Lead on the back logo mark.
XRF test results for the Dynasty Fine China (Made in China) dish pictured Reading #1) 60-second reading on the white center of the dish (food surface) Lead (Pb): 47 +/- 4 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 1,448 +/- 54 ppm Copper (Cu):…
2005 Pickard (Made in U.S.A.) Katarina pattern hand decorated dish: 75,000 ppm Lead on the food surface in the center of the dish (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids).
XRF test results for the Pickard Katarina pattern dish pictured here. Note: I would NOT consider these dishes to be safe for food use. Reading #1) White center of food surface of dish 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 75,000 +/- 800 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Arsenic (As): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr):…
Sterling silver wedding band style ring: 938,700 ppm Silver & 52,000 ppm Copper (+ Tin, Vanadium & Barium.)
XRF test results for the ring pictured. This is a really good example of typical total metals content for 925-marked modern Sterling Silver. The two main ingredients in modern Sterling are Silver [usually at least 925,000 ppm — hence the “925” mark, which translates to 92.5% of the total make up of metals for the item],…
Asian teacup with dragon design (Chinese restaurant style, unmarked): 32 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards.)
XRF test results for cup pictured Reading #1) On white of cup 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 32 +/- 4 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 2 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 3,968 +/- 95 ppm Zinc (Zn): 39 +/- 6 ppm Niobium (Nb): 286 +/- 8 ppm Indium (In):…
Lead Safe Mama is Soliteknics’ first Affiliate!
Sunday – March 6, 2022 Lead Safe Mama, LLC is officially Solidteknic’s first affiliate partner! Solidteknics is contributing 10% of what you spend of their site (if you start with one of our affiliate links) to help support the childhood Lead poisoning prevention advocacy work and independent consumer goods testing of Lead Safe Mama, LLC!…
Painted markings on the outside of popular Japanese glass baby bottle brand test positive for Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium & Mercury (newly purchased in 2022)
Photos below are of the baby bottle tested and reported about in this post. The photos include all of the packaging and shipping materials as well (to address any doubt about the authenticity of the product). Another Lead-Painted Baby Bottle: Purchased on Amazon in February 2022 Published: March 3, 2022 — Thursday Thank you, thank…
Join me for a tour of my kitchen … and check out all the Lead-free things I have there!
Scroll down for links to many of the kitchen products shown in this video! 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…
February 2022… It’s a wrap — all of the Lead Safe Mama stats for the SECOND month of this year [including how much Lead Safe Mama, LLC earned from your clicks!]
Published: March 1, 2022 – Tuesday Hello! This month I am going to keep this report simple – with just a few highlights noted below. There are also two graphics on this page: the first one (above) is the summary graphic for the month of February 2022 with all of the most important numbers tracked…
Marking martial arts belts with electrical tape is unsafe for kids (the tape can have high levels of Lead & Antimony)
Some images for background: The first image is from a parent in the Facebook group I run. I found other images in general searches on the internet. Please continue reading below the images. Published: February 28, 2022 — Monday A significant part of my advocacy involves working with families directly in their homes. I work…
My response to Lansinoh (about their request that I remove references to their Lead-painted baby bottles from 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)…