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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 ...
Read More about c. Late-1990s (or later) Spode Christmas Tree dish: 319 ppm Lead on the food surface ( + 138 ppm Cadmium & 2,402 ppm Cobalt)
Recent & Important Articles:
c. 1980s Nikko Happy Holidays China Dish With Christmas Tree (Japan): 87,000 ppm Lead on the food surface (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Published: Sunday — July 3, 2022
Given all federal agencies agree there is no safe level of Lead exposure for humans and that in 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission set 90 ppm Lead as the limit for allowable Lead in the paint, glaze, or coating of an item ...
Read More about c. 1980s Nikko Happy Holidays China Dish With Christmas Tree (Japan): 87,000 ppm Lead on the food surface (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Vintage PRC Dezain Italy china dish: 11,000 ppm Lead on the food surface (on the decorative yellow & gold edging.)
Published: Sunday - July 3, 2022
Given all federal agencies agree that there is no safe level of Lead exposure for humans, and also given that in 2008 the Consumer Product Safety Commission set the level of 90 ppm Lead as being the limit for allowable Lead in the paint, glaze or coating of an ...
Read More about Vintage PRC Dezain Italy china dish: 11,000 ppm Lead on the food surface (on the decorative yellow & gold edging.)
Vintage / Antique Wedgwood Willow Weave White Ceramic Dish, Made in England: 55,300 ppm Lead on the food surface.
To see more Wedgwood pieces we have tested, click here. Their products are notoriously high in Lead in the surface glaze (the vintage products, post-20 years old especially!)
Published: Sunday - July 3, 2022
Given all federal agencies agree that there is no safe level of Lead ...
Read More about Vintage / Antique Wedgwood Willow Weave White Ceramic Dish, Made in England: 55,300 ppm Lead on the food surface.
“Red Chinese Crackle” dish: 5,677 ppm Lead, 135 ppm Cadmium, 72 ppm Antimony.
Published: Saturday - July 2, 2022
This is a companion piece to a second piece I wrote about earlier today - link here. The body text of the article is essentially the same as the earlier piece, the XRF readings below are specific to the dish pictured here.
Given all ...
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Vintage “Crackle Collection” Pier 1 bowl, Made in China: 8,414 ppm Lead, 31 ppm Cadmium, 51 ppm Antimony.
Published: Saturday - July 2, 2022
Given all federal agencies agree that there is no safe level of Lead exposure for humans, and also given that in 2008 the Consumer Product Safety Commission set the level of 90 ppm Lead as being the limit for allowable Lead in the paint, glaze or ...
Read More about Vintage “Crackle Collection” Pier 1 bowl, Made in China: 8,414 ppm Lead, 31 ppm Cadmium, 51 ppm Antimony.
Sample of black vinyl fabric from a couch purchased / manufactured c. 2000: 242 ppm Lead & 5,131 ppm Antimony [linked to SIDS.]
July 2, 2022 - Saturday
This sample of fabric from a sofa (c. 2000) was sent to me by a reader for testing. She had heard that both vinyl and leather coverings of sofas could have Lead and she wanted to make sure this sofa was safe for her family. In testing the sofa vinyl, I found (with the XRF ...
Read More about Sample of black vinyl fabric from a couch purchased / manufactured c. 2000: 242 ppm Lead & 5,131 ppm Antimony [linked to SIDS.]
June 2022 Final Numbers! So many milestones met and passed. Thanks to each and every Lead Safe Mama reader!
July 2, 2022 — Saturday
Final June 2022 Numbers
Here's a quick list of just SOME of the highlights for June of 2022!
June 2022 was the #BESTJuneEver at LeadSafeMama.com, with 417,805 unique page views!
This was more than TWICE the previous #BestJuneEver, which was June 2019 (that ...
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2-cup glass measuring cup with pour spout & juicer: Lead-free! (Free of Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, & Antimony, too!)
July 1, 2022 — Friday
XRF test results for the 2-cup clear glass measuring cup (by CuttleLab) pictured (purchased in 2022 from Amazon) are below. Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3NuXq0B
My husband LOVES this measuring cup (he has been using it for measuring out the ...
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Tamara, what does your husband do? (…besides helping to take care of the kids!?)
June 29, 2022 - Wednesday
First and foremost it is important to share that I would not be able to do a single thing I do without help from my husband. Whenever I am not available to do the "mom" things - he steps in and takes over (including full time when I am traveling for work). He cooks and ...
Read More about Tamara, what does your husband do? (…besides helping to take care of the kids!?)
Would you like to see my personal full heavy metals panel test result? Here you go!
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 ...
Read More about Would you like to see my personal full heavy metals panel test result? Here you go!
Tamara gets a provoked urine test for Lead (& other metals) in New York City (a video)!
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 ...
Read More about Tamara gets a provoked urine test for Lead (& other metals) in New York City (a video)!
Certificate of Analysis (undated) for Lone Star Botanicals Bentonite Clay – provided by Primal Life Organics to customers confirms Lead levels found by Lead Safe Mama, LLC.
Highlight Published: Sunday - June 26, 2022
Originally appeared in this article - link.
Multiple Lead Safe Mama readers have shared with us that Primal Life Organics has shared the COA for the clay base of their bentonite-clay based tooth powder with them when they requested to see test ...
Read More about Certificate of Analysis (undated) for Lone Star Botanicals Bentonite Clay – provided by Primal Life Organics to customers confirms Lead levels found by Lead Safe Mama, LLC.
June 20, 2022 email from Trina (owner, Primal Life Organics) indicating she doesn’t understand the math behind the Lead found in her product (& her public response to me sharing this.)
You can see this graphic (as posted on instagram) by clicking through to Instagram below - please do read the 79 comments there too! Scroll down to also see Trina's response to me sharing this with my readers (second image below/ second Instagram post) and the public response (currently 33 comments) ...
Read More about June 20, 2022 email from Trina (owner, Primal Life Organics) indicating she doesn’t understand the math behind the Lead found in her product (& her public response to me sharing this.)
