August 4, 2022 — Thursday
XRF test results for the soil sample from Chesterfield, Missouri (pictured):
Article discussing soil hazard levels
Article discussing testing soil
Article discussing what I have done to address soil contamination in our own ...
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XRF Test results for clear glass jar from Wild Ferments Kimchi (Pennsylvania): 30 ppm Lead, 12 ppm Cadmium, 20 ppm Antimony – safe by all standards.
August 4, 2022 - Thursday
XRF test results for the clear glass jar picture here.
Reading #1)
60-second reading on the bottom of the glass
Lead (Pb): 23 +/- 8 ppm Lead
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Tin (Sn): 38 +/- 8 ppm
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Selenium (Se): non-detect
Barium ...
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Silver colored “Bubble Haze” faux leather sample: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free. 56 ppm Antimony.
August 4, 2022 - Thursday
XRF-readings for the faux leather sample pictured here
Reading #1) Silver surface of the material
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Tin (Sn): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Selenium (Se): non-detect
Barium (Ba): ...
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Final July 2022 Stats: “9th Best Month Ever” with over 101,000 unique visitors & over 300,000 unique page views! Thank you!
Tuesday - August 02, 2022
Some highlights from July 2022
9th best month ever!
"Best July Ever" too (the previous #BestJulyEver was in 2020 with 241,026 page views)
5th month of 2022 that has landed in the "Top Ten Months Of All Time"
The 9th month (ever) with over 300,000 ...
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The NPR story from July (mentioning Lead Safe Mama, LLC) was nationally syndicated today — 8/1! Here’s the link.
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 ...
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The CPSC issued a recall for the Lead painted baby bottles we discovered last year — but they only recalled 1 of 6 NUK Lead-painted designs
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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LeadSafeMama.com passed 14,500,000 unique all-time page views today! Thank you!
Thursday - July 28, 2022
Thank you to each and every one of you who helped make achieving this milestone happen! Check out the graphs and charts below for all the details. I'm not going to take a lot of time writing here right now because I have some very exciting news to share and I need to shift ...
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The listing for our (1905-built) home finally went live yesterday (7/25/22) — here’s the link & an explanation about the murals!
July 26, 2022 — Tuesday — Update
I want to start by saying ... it's absolutely WILD that our house is listed for this much. It was valued at about $400,000 only 10 years ago and has been "underwater" (worth less than our mortgage!) for most of the past ...
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Lead Safe Mama outreach booth (with FREE consumer goods testing for attendees!) this weekend!
Tuesday - July 26, 2022
Lead Safe Mama, LLC is [after a too-long absence!] once again this year proud to be a sponsor and partner of the 18th annual Northwest World Reggae Festival [in a new location this year — in Beavercreek, Oregon]! We hope to see some of you there on Friday and ...
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July of 2022 is officially the #BestJulyEver here at LeadSafeMama.com (& there are still six days left in the month!)
July 26, 2022 - Tuesday (wee hours of the morning)
Our previous #BestJulyEver was July of 2020 with 241,026 views for the month by the end of the day July 31, 2020.
July 2022 passed that number yesterday (7/25) and is the #BestJulyEver now, and there are still 6 days left in the month... so ...
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC was mentioned in an NPR story today! [July 25, 2022!]
Monday - July 25, 2022
Over the past 6 months or so - members of the Lead Safe Mama team (including volunteer mamas from our community sharing their stories) have been working closely with NPR journalists (and other journalists!) around the country to help increase the public ...
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A concern for Titanium Dioxide in paint on toys: MODERN painted wooden toys may be unsafe for infants & toddlers (even if they meet current safety guidelines)
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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Lead Safe Mama dot com passed 3,500,000 unique page views for the year on Tuesday! (7/19/22)
July 21, 2022 - Thursday
Hi all — exciting news here (I just haven't had a moment to post this update)...
On Tuesday 7/19 we passed 3,500,000 unique page views for the year, so far!
Other July 2022 highlights:
It looks like this is going to be the #BestJulyEver here at LeadSafeMama.com, ...
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We listed our home for sale — the listing goes live tomorrow (7/22/22)! Check out the great photos our realtor’s photographer took!
July 21, 2022 — Thursday
We've officially listed our home for sale! The listing goes live tomorrow (and I will update this post with the link as soon as I have it), but in the meantime I wanted to share the wonderful photos of our home that were taken by our real estate agent's team ...
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