What kind of business is Lead Safe Mama, LLC?

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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)…

Folks… after all of the nonsense over the past couple of days (#TeaBloomGate2021), this seemed like a good time to ask for contributions in support of this work.

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Can you help? Lead Safe Mama, LLC is looking at a deficit of at least $395 this month (April 2021) & any contributions will help cover the gap to help keep this work going. All contributions are reported as income to Lead Safe Mama, LLC. We are NOT a nonprofit. We are – instead –…

TeaBloom just sent me an e-mail threatening legal action against me if I don’t remove my video. Read it here.

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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…

Following up on the stats post from the other day… Lead Safe Mama April Stats since 2014

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Following up on THIS POST from the other day… April 2021 just passed the total number of unique views that we had in April 2020, so there is some evidence of recovery from the pandemic… especially since there are still 12 days left in the month! Thank you for your ongoing support of this work,…

How many items can you test with an XRF instrument in one hour?

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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…

New article/ new video: Testing a section of ducting (inside the wall in a home) for Lead (Lead testing on Zinc items)

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Details and additional links below the 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 Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been…

New post/New Video: Testing a metal Ikea planter for Lead (Lead testing on Zinc items)

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Details and additional links below the 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 Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been…

Trying to figure this month out! Last year April tanked with CoViD-19 & I don’t want that to happen again.

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April 13, 2021 – Tuesday In coloring the graph above I was looking for patterns… trying to figure out if April 2021 is destined to tank like April 2020 did (for LeadSafeMama.com). If you are a regular reader you know that the reach and impact of the Lead Safe Mama website is critical to both…

New post/New Video: Testing a Beyblade for Lead (Lead testing on Zinc items)

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Details and additional links below the 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 Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been…

New Video: Testing stained glass decor for Lead using XRF testing and chemical agent testing

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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…

NEW VIDEO: Testing “Lead-Free” Mexican Pottery for Lead (guess what … NOT Lead-free!)

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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…

Marketed as Lead-Free but painted with Lead Paint: Tea Bloom Glass Teapot, Made in China (video)

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New YouTube Video Tonight 4/8/2021 – Thursday Video is at the bottom of the page. Turn up your volume because sound is pretty LOW on this video. Thanks! I will be writing an article with the full XRF test results for the teapot discussed in this short video (below) in the coming days. In the meantime, here’s…

Is your grandmother’s sewing machine dangerous? 1948 Singer Sewing Machine in Table: 6,238 ppm Lead (in the gold paint).

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Here’s a photo of my son wearing the first sewing project he made on his “new-to-him” vintage sewing machine this past week! It’s a hat (for clowning and unicycling while busking in Boston)! Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also…

Do L.O.L. Surprise dolls have Lead or other heavy metals?

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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…

March 2021 final Lead Safe Mama numbers: #9 (in the top 10) to date! 252,302 page views

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March 30, 2021 — Tuesday Thank you friends for helping March 2021 to recover (especially compared to March 2020)! Remember, the goal is to reach a consistent 600,000 page views each month (7,200,000 page views each year) for this work to be fully self-sustaining (for all the costs of the work to be covered by…

March 2021 made it to the Top 10 best months of all time on the Lead Safe Mama website!

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March 30, 2021- Tuesday Remember the goal is to reach a consistent 600,000 page views each month (7,200,000 page views each year) for this work to be fully self-sustaining. 2019 saw a total of 3,826,782 unique page views. 2020 saw a total of 3,034,670 page views. These represent significant increases over previous years (check out…

Happy Anniversary to my husband, Len!

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Three Anniversaries! My husband and I get THREE anniversaries. 20 years ago on Erev Passover we had our first date… we met at a Passover seder at his house. He wasn’t home when we arrived but his dad was there waiting for us – so technically my son and I met my father-in-law-to-be before we…

OH the DRAMA! Kerfuffle with Erin Elizabeth & Dr. Mercola’s followers over Lead in Mercola’s pans & my husband’s choice to get the COVID-19 vaccination.

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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…

Today LeadSafeMama.com passed 166,500 page views for March (already better than March 2020 & still 10 days to go)! Baby steps.

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Here’s today’s back-end stats for LeadSafeMama.com. Below the image, I will go over some of the exciting highlights 🙂 You can click on the image of the chart below to see it in full size if you like. March 21, 2021 — Lead Safe Mama Stats Highlights: All of March 2020 had only 166,134 page…