File this under: “stuff I bought for my family” – cookie / candy jars to organize stuff! (including candy!)
Tuesday – March 2, 2021 This week I bought these for my 12 year old son Charlie (and for me too – I actually bought three sets). My son’s art desk is cluttered with so much stuff I thought these would be a fun way to organize and store some of the things he likes…
File this under: “stuff I bought for my family” – flying discs for Charlie (age 12)
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)…
February 2021 Final Numbers: #8thBestMonthEver
March 1, 2021- Monday Final numbers for February 2021: 4,846 Instagram Followers 252,849 page views for the month of February 2021 8,800,200 all-time page views 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…
February 2021… Bump Again! #8thBestMonthEver
February 28, 2021- Sunday Bump! Again! 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…
February 2021… Bump! #9thBestMonthEver
February 27, 2021- Saturday Bump! 242,299 unique page views this month so far [and the month is not over yet!] We’ll definitely make it to 250,000 page views by the end of the day tomorrow – but the stretch goal of 261,000 is a little far off. Keep sharing (and maybe it will happen!) Thank…
February 2021 is officially in the “Top 10 Months of All Time” on the Lead Safe Mama website. Goal: 261,000 views for the month.
February 25, 2021-Thursday Thanks for being here! Thank you for sharing this work! It looks like we will likely definitely get to 250,000 page views for February 2021 by the end of the month (at the rate things are going), BUT I have a “stretch goal” of reaching 261,000 page views for the month. IF…
BIG GOALS 2021: I wrote a grant proposal seeking special project funding for Lead Safe Mama, LLC, and I thought you might like to read it.
February 21, 2021 – Sunday Hey friends! I recently wrote this grant proposal (below) seeking funding for some special projects / special expenses with Lead Safe Mama, LLC, and having written it, I thought I would also share it here – both so you will know what future plans are for Lead Safe Mama, but…
Redmond asked me where I came up with the 167 ppb Lead result for their Real Salt product. Read my response here.
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,…
Redmond Salt just wrote me (February 16, 2021). Click through to read my response.
Instagram Messenger Exchange Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Approximately 7:20 p.m. PST I thought my readers would like to see this exchange. I have been doing a lot of polite arguing with people today about the concern for unsafe levels of Lead and salt. I may have just snapped a little bit when I got this…
Lead Safe Mama 2021 Goals: Goal #1 – 20,000 page views each day!
Goal #1: 20,000 page views each day! February 14, 2021 – Sunday The work of Lead Safe Mama will be fully self-sustaining when we reach 20,000 page views each day here on the #LeadSafeMama blog. A goal for 2021 is to restore as much of our pre-pandemic trajectory as possible and to approach an average of…
Gerry’s Christmas golden reindeer lapel pin: More than 900,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is unsafe for kids)
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…
Instagram Giveaway: When Lead Safe Mama reaches 5,000 Instagram followers I will be giving away this dish set!
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…
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Hey Tamara, what are your thoughts on this Lead-in-baby-food issue?
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…
The “Heavy Metals in Baby Food” conversation simplified. What parents need to know.
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,…
Iridescent stainless silverware from Target: Room Essentials Annika Flatware Set
The silverware set pictured here was purchased at Target. Full XRF Test results are below. “Pretty” doesn’t have to mean “Toxic!” These are a terrific choice! This is the silverware set I bought my son for his college apartment. He LOVES them and his roomies love them too, apparently! (I recently asked him if he was…
Final January 2021 numbers! 7th place for #BestMonthEver on the Lead Safe Mama website
February 1, 2021-Saturday Thanks, friends!
7th place for #BestMonthEver – continued, continued
January 30, 2021- Saturday 11:32 p.m.
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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,…
It looks like January 2021 is going to end up in 7th place for #BestMonthEver – continued.
January 29, 2021- Friday 9:19 p.m. UPDATE January 30, 2021- Saturday 11:32 p.m.
One more lawyer, one more retainer. One more loan? [The home stretch!]
January 28, 2021 – Thursday Hi friends. It’s exciting to be in the home stretch of this legal battle that has gone on for YEARS (since the unwarranted attacks all started in March of 2016 – shortly after I did the event with Bernie Sanders in Flint, Michigan!) The good news… The good news is…
My film passed 30,000 views on YouTube today! Here’s the link to watch it if you have not yet!
Link: https://youtu.be/eRKlaC2EjL0
Q. I want to buy some nontoxic cookware — which pots and pans are the safest for cooking? Which pots and pans are the least toxic?
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…
These are great to share with your friends! My personal favorite top 10 articles on the Lead Safe Mama website
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…