My favorite soap (handmade by one of my favorite mama friends), plus a 2021 discount code for Lead Safe Mama readers!
Thursday, December 16, 2021 My readers constantly ask what I buy and use for my family… So I am writing up this article about my favorite soap! If you have been a follower of my work for a long time, you know that I don’t really use soap very often (in the shower). I…
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Thursday – December 16, 2021 Hi friends (new and old!) LeadSafeMama.com just passed 2,500,000 page views for the year (so far)! Thank you for making this possible. Now we just need a wee miracle to reach our goal and pass 3,000,000 by the end of the year. Please do keep sharing our work. Click through to www.LeadSafeMama.com, find…
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2021 | Disney | Disney Figurine | Disney Toy | Disney Weebles | Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse Club | Mickey Mouse Club Toy | Mickey Mouse Figurine | Mickey Mouse Toy | Mickey Mouse Weebles | Walt Disney | Walt Disney Productions | Walt Disney Toy | Weebles | Weebles Wobble
“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” I wanted these so badly when I was little! 34,800 ppm Lead in the base (90 ppm Lead and up is unsafe for kids.)
XRF test results for the toys pictured. Reading #1) Blue Bottom of Billy 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 34,800 +/- 200 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 43 +/- 3 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): 183 +/- 15 ppm Chromium (Cr): 92 +/- 13 ppm Vanadium (V): 438 +/- 41 ppm Iron (Fe): 48 +/- 7 ppm Nickel…
2021 | Charm | Charms | Figurine | Figurines | Metal | Metal Charm | Metal Figurine | Metal Toy Cars | Metal Toys | Stagecoach
Tiny little Stagecoach “charm”? “figurine”?: 289,500 ppm Lead + 17,300 ppm Cadmium + 9,175 ppm Antimony.
XRF Test Results for the little stagecoach pictured (a friend found this buried in the dirt!) 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 289,500 +/- 800 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 17,300 +/- 200 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 302 +/- 146 ppm Nickel (Ni): 166,900 +/- 700 ppm Copper (Cu): 280,400 +/-…
Sonoma County Community Blood Bank – Blood Type Token (vintage?): 262 ppm Lead + 13 ppm Cadmium.
XRF test results for the coin / token pictured. 75-second reading Lead (Pb): 262 +/- 30 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 9 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 468 +/- 37 ppm Nickel (Ni): 100 +/- 44 ppm Copper (Cu): 875,400 +/- 500 ppm Zinc (Zn): 122,800 +/- 300…
Vintage curio box with R and Rooster on brass lid: 205 ppm Lead in the lid (90 ppm & up is unafe for kids.)
XRF test results for the box pictured… Reading #1) Brass lid of box 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 205 +/- 30 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 344 +/- 39 ppm Nickel (Ni): 96 +/- 46 ppm Copper (Cu): 843,200 +/- 500 ppm Zinc (Zn): 155,000 +/-…
Miniature “Kissing Frog” Figurine: 142,.800 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.) Be wary of all small metal figurines!
Reading #1) Test on the backside of the frog (silver metal) 60-second reading Lead (Pb): 4,177 +/- 500 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 88 +/- 52 ppm Vanadium (V): 229 +/- 90 ppm Manganese (Mn): 95 +/- 42 ppm Iron (Fe): 193 +/- 43 ppm Cobalt (Co): 143…
Phillips 66 “Top Performer Award” keychain: 666,400 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids). This is a problem with MANY keychains, they are not toys.
XRF Test Results for the keychain pictured 60-second test Lead (Pb): 666,400 +/- 1,100 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Copper (Cu): 6,060 +/- 162 ppm Selenium (Se): 692 +/- 136 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 332 +/- 50 ppm Niobium (Nb): 794 +/- 67 ppm Tin (Sn): 293,700 +/-…
2021 | 222 Fifth | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower Design | Eiffel Tower Pattern | Made in Indonesia | Mug | Mugs | Mugs with Lead | Paris | Paris Themed | Paris Themed Dish | Paris Themed Mug
222 Fifth “Bonjour Paris” Jumbo Mug with Eiffel Tower – Made in Indonesia: 23 ppm Lead on the plain white (safe by all standards) & 5,802 ppm Lead on the logo mark.
Published: Tuesday – December 14, 2021 How much Lead is “too much” Lead? In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ppm), as regulated by…
2021 | 222 Fifth | Eiffel Tower | Eiffel Tower Design | Eiffel Tower Pattern | Made in Indonesia | Paris | Paris Themed | Paris Themed Dish
222 Fifth “City Scenes Black & White” Square Dish with Eiffel Tower – Made in Indonesia: 86 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards) & 8,801 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Published: Tuesday – December 14, 2021 How much Lead is “too much” Lead? In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ppm), as regulated by…
222 Fifth “Paris Travels” Square Dish – Made in Indonesia: 62 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards) & 6,516 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Published: Tuesday – December 14, 2021 How much Lead is “too much” Lead? In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ppm), as regulated by…
St. Nicholas Square Tree Lot Snowman Christmas Dish: 55,800 ppm Lead on the food surface (1,297 ppm Cadmium, which causes cancer)
Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 How much Lead is “too much” Lead? In any item intended for use by children, Lead content must be below 90 ppm in the paint, glaze, or coating for the item to be legal (and any Lead present in the substrate of an item needs to be below 100 ppm), as regulated by the…
Beyonce + Jay Z + Tiffany & Co. + Lead : Beyonce’s partnership with Tiffany & Co. is an opportunity to change an industry.
A letter to Beyonce (& Jay Z.) December 14, 2021 – Tuesday Hello Jay Z and @Beyonce! I noticed (back in August of this year) that you have a new promotional relationship with Tiffany & Co.! I used to LOVE Tiffany & Co. — in fact, when I lived in New York City (in the late-1980s)…
#MayThe4thBeWithYou | 2021 | Disney | Disney Dishes | Disney Glass | Disney Glassware | May The 4th | May The Fourth Be With You | Modern Pyrex | Newer Pyrex | Pyrex | Pyrex Clear Glass | Pyrex Food Storage | Star Wars | Star Wars Day | Star Wars Dishware
Click through to read the full XRF test results for the Star Wars Special Edition Mandalorian The Child Baby Yoda Pyrex glass food storage containers.
Here’s the Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link for this product: https://amzn.to/30pQ9wF When tested with an XRF Instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings: Reading #1) Green plastic of Baby Yoda container lid 30-Second Test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 458 +/- 33 ppm Iron (Fe):…
2021 | Cast Iron | Cast Iron Cookware | Cast Iron Pans | Lead Painted Tortilla Press | Made In Mexico | Mexican | Mexican Cookware | Mexico | Sur La Table | Tor-Mex | Tortilla Press
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)
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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…
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Check back here for the latest updates! Last updated: November 28, 2023 – Tuesday Stand by for announcements of some exciting upcoming giveaways! Additional Prize Considerations & #GiveAway Rules For All #LeadSafeMama #GiveAways 1.) For all Lead Safe Mama #GiveAways with more than one prize: For any #LeadSafeMama #GiveAway with more than one prize (for…
My son Avi’s final art project for his class at PSU this semester (with explanation!)
Completed: 12/8/2021 An explanation of this piece of art by Avi Rubin [age 16] Introduction by Mom: Since Avi has a brain injury from being acutely Lead poisoned at 7-months-old (with – among other impacts – his visual memory diagnosed as being in the 4th percentile when he was 7 years old) he uses computer tools…
“Department 56” Cat Christmas Tree Dish: 1,006 ppm Lead + 765 ppm Cadmium on the food surface of the dish
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…
Mexican style colorful blown glass drinking glass: 65 ppm Lead & 11 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.
Here’s the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to (or have possibly “stumbled upon”) my work – while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research: Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention. She is also a mother…
1 December 7 2021 | Ad-Free Article | Leaded Mug | Leaded Mugs | Made in New York | Made in NY | Made in U.S.A. | Made In USA | Milk Glass | Milk Glass Mug | Mug | Mugs | Mugs With Cadmium | Mugs with Lead | White Glass
Vintage Orange Hazel Atlas Milk Glass Mug: 24,100 ppm Lead + 1,546 ppm Cadmium + 39 ppm Mercury. Cadmium causes cancer. Lead is toxic at 90 ppm & up.
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…
1 December 7 2021 | Corelle | Corelle by Corning | Corelle Mug | Leaded Mug | Leaded Mugs | Made in New York | Made in NY | Made in U.S.A. | Made In USA | Mug | Mugs | Mugs with Arsenic | Mugs With Cadmium | Mugs with Lead
Vintage Yellow Corelle Milk Glass Mug: 154,100 ppm Lead + 14,200 ppm Cadmium + 9,582 ppm Arsenic. Cadmium causes cancer. Lead is toxic at 90 ppm & up.
Here’s the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to (or have possibly “stumbled upon”) my work – while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research: Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention. She is also a mother…
1 December 7 2021 | 2021 | Ad-Free Article | Christmas Ball Ornament | Christmas Ornament | Christmas Ornaments | Ornament | Ornaments
Red Plastic (2020) Aldi Christmas Ornament Ball: Positive for Lead + Cadmium + Arsenic (51,700 ppm!!!) + Antimony!
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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a…
Val Dol Sol (Made In Portugal) orange glazed ceramic mug: 19,000 ppm Lead. Please do not use ceramics from Portugal for food use in the absence of independent testing.
Here’s the general introduction I provide on a lot of my posts, for those who may be new to (or have possibly “stumbled upon”) my work – while just casually browsing, or conducting more serious research: Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead-poisoning prevention. She is also a mother…