For LSM fans: Support the work of Lead Safe Mama with a gift of $25 this holiday season & I will send you a little something!
Sunday – November 29, 2020 Hi friends! For those who are new here, this might sound like an unusual idea or request – it’s really an opportunity for the hardcore friends and fans of the Lead Safe Mama website and work to help with an end-of-year contribution in exchange for a “perk” that will help…
THREE years ago today I was illegally arrested for a crime I did not commit…
Saturday – November 28, 2020 Three years ago today I was illegally arrested for a crime I did not commit (& handcuffed & taken to jail in a black unmarked SUV.) I definitely have PTSD around this date – but just wanted to mark the passing of time on this with a quick blog post….
“Displaced” during a pandemic. Where Next? Santa Monica? Connecticut? NYC? Hawaii? Barbados? Help me figure this out?
Saturday – November 28, 2020 If you have been following our story over the past several months – you know that I have been on the road with my children for quite some time. We actually left on a cross-country road trip / work trip on August 3rd and have not been home yet –…
November 2020 just nudged in to 7th place for Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthEver! Thank you!
November 27, 2020 Thanks again everyone! Updated below (Monday – 11/30/2020 – a.m.) If things keep going at the same rate as they have been for the last few days it looks like November 2020 will likely close out in 6th place for #BestMonthEver here on the Lead Safe Mama blog (6th place for most…
Today, November 2020 bumped in to 8th place for Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthEver! Thank you!
Thanks again everyone! #Bump
November 2020 just made it in to the #TopTen months of all time on LeadSafeMama.com! Thank you!
Thanks everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Here’s to an amazing December!
Lead Safe Mama around the world 11/2019 – 11/2020. Click to see all 215 countries with LSM readers this year!
Thursday – November 26, 2020 This blog has been read by 1,503,655 people in 215 “countries” (per Google Analytics) in the past 12 months! I’m always amazed to read the lists of countries where there are Lead Safe Mama readers AND to see the number of readers in each country! In the past 12…
Happy Birthday to Me! Last weekend the “Lead Poisoning Prevention with Lead Safe Mama” Facebook group passed 10,000 members!
Thursday – November 26, 2020 This was quite thrilling! This past Sunday the Facebook group associated with this website passed the milestone of 10,000 members! We also recently changed the name of the group from “The Lead (Pb) Group” to “Lead Poisoning Prevention with Lead Safe Mama” (in case you are looking for it and…
Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). They can have unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic & Mercury.
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). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a community collaborative…
Imperial China by W. Dalton 5671 Whitney, Made in Japan: 3,162 ppm Lead in the decorative trim on the food surface.
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here has the following readings… Plain white center of the dish Bismuth (Bi): 49 +/- 9 ppm Iron (Fe): 2,165 +/- 180 ppm Vanadium (V): 121 +/- 59 ppm Titanium (Ti): 302 +/- 94 ppm Silver gray decorative edge of the dish Lead (Pb): 3,162 +/-…
Noritake Keltcraft Ireland 9171 Eastfair saucer with floral pattern: 36,600 ppm Lead on the food surface (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
When tested with an XRF instrument the Keltcraft Noritake saucer shown here had the following readings: 60-second tests – Multiple tests were done on each component to confirm the readings With XRF focused on the plain cream colored area in the center of the dish: Lead (Pb): 36,600 +/- 900 ppm Barium (Ba): 364 +/- 46 ppm Zinc…
Dollar Store blue “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: Negative for Lead, Arsenic, Mercury, & Antimony
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…
Dollar Store yellow “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: positive for trace Cadmium & Antimony (at relatively safe levels.)
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Dollar Store purple “carnival glass” bottle with golden leaf ornament: positive for trace Lead, Cadmium & Antimony (at relatively safe levels.)
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Dollar Store Royal Norfolk Greenbrier International Gray Dish: Lead-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free, Antimony-free.
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Dollar Store Royal Norfolk Greenbrier International “Grateful” Dish: 573 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen).
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Giant white decorative plaster pumpkin (“Made in China”): Non-detect for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic & Antimony!
When tested with an XRF instrument the decorative / ornamental plaster pumpkin pictured here had the following readings: With XRF focused on the white surface of the pumpkin 60-second tests, repeated multiple times to confirm results Cadmium (Cd): 9 +/- 4 ppm Bromine (Br): 5 +/- 2 ppm Titanium (Ti): 122,300 +/- 3,100 ppm With…
Dollar Store Royal Norfolk Greenbrier International Sunflower Dish: 738 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen).
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
1983 “Shafford Original” dual shell serving dish: 57,200 ppm Lead. 90 ppm & up is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.
When tested with an XRF instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings– 60-second test (food surface of the dish): Lead (Pb): 57,200 +/- 1,800 ppm Barium (Ba): 156 +/- 59 ppm Iron (Fe): 648 +/- 154 ppm No other metals detected in consumer goods mode. Multiple tests done to confirm the results Back side…
2020 Dollar Store Royal Norfolk White Greenbrier International Dish: 26 ppm Lead. Safe by all standards.
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific…
Ten Minutes With Tamara Video: Rot on the original Lead painted siding of my home.
I took this video to show how the lead painted siding is sitting underneath the new lead-free siding on my home. This video was shot in March of 2019 and we are now, finally (in November of 2020) taking care of this complicated problem at our home, removing rotted siding and replacing the rotted substructure…
A reporter asked me this question yesterday: “Why aren’t children getting tested for Lead?” Here’s my answer (comparison to COVID-19)
To the reporter who interviewed me for an article today: Your question was, “Why aren’t children getting tested (given the pervasiveness of Lead exposure)?” I gave you some short answers in our call — but here’s my longer answer. “Why aren’t children getting tested for Lead?” Answer: If you don’t think your children are “at…
51! The atomic number for Antimony. This post has all the reasons my kids think 51 is a good number to celebrate!
Happy Birthday To Me! My kids are kind of “fact geeks” so they have each (separately) been sharing with me all the “51” facts they can think about and find (for my birthday today). Colescott – age 24 – reasons 51 is an important year “Mom, I consider you at least a 51% contributor to who I…
Tomorrow is my birthday and I am depressed as F! Do you want to cheer me up? Here are some ideas …
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…