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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 Lead-poisoned in 2005). ...
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Shared this on social media yesterday – wanted to share it here too so I have it “for posterity”!
March 2022: It’s a wrap — Lead Safe Mama stats for the THIRD month of this year [including how much we earned from your clicks!]
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Published: April 3, 2022 - Sunday
I just got home after being on the road for 18 days straight (helping families and traveling through: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, ...
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Is it toxic? A game!
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Sunday - April 2, 2022
Which of these items tested positive for unsafe levels of heavy metals? Which three are safe? Why do you think that? [What's the reasoning behind your guesses?] Find out the answers on Instagram today @LeadSafeMama. More info in the ...
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My favorite Lead-free pans.
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Originally Published: April 2, 2022
UPDATED: February 23, 2023 - Thursday
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Red rubber fake grapes by Ashland Fruit purchased at Michaels in 2022: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free!
2022· Artificial Fruit· Ashland Fruit· Fake Grapes· Purchased at Michael's· Rubber Grapes
Published: Monday - March 28, 2022
I cannot tell you how happy this makes me (#2 of 2!)! Will write more on this later. NOTE: vintage rubber fake grapes are very high in Lead and should ALWAYS be kept away from children (and frankly should be thrown out and replaced with safer choices like these IF ...
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Green rubber fake grapes purchased at Michaels in 2022: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free!
2022· Artificial Fruit· Fake Grapes· Purchased at Michael's· Rubber Grapes
Published: Monday - March 28, 2022
I cannot tell you how happy this makes me! Will write more on this later. NOTE: vintage rubber fake grapes are very high in Lead and should ALWAYS be kept away from children (and frankly should be thrown out and replaced with safer choices like these IF you must ...
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1937 Life Magazine compilation book: 461 ppm Lead on the pages (& 13 ppm Cadmium). 90 ppm Lead (& up) is unsafe for kids.
1930s· 1937· 1937 Book· 1937 Magazines· Antique Magazines· Life Magazine· Vintage Book· Vintage Books· Vintage Magazine
Reading #1) on the leather of the book
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 375 +/- 10 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 18 +/- 2 ppm
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): 3 +/- 1 ppm
Chromium (Cr): non-detect
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Vanadium (V): 18,300 +/- 400 ppm
Manganese (Mn): ...
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March 2022 is the FIRST month since the start of the pandemic to reach pre-pandemic readership levels on LeadSafeMama.com. Thank you!
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March 28, 2022
Monday
5:40 a.m. PST
Coming to you today (still / again!) from Bar Harbor, Maine
I'm just so thrilled to report that LeadSafeMama.com is ALMOST to pre-pandemic readership levels for the first time since the start of the pandemic! You can see from the graph directly above the three ...
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These toy musical bells (purchased on Amazon) are painted with high-Lead paint — and are illegal (because they were sold to be used by children).
2020 Toy· 2020 Toy Recall· 2022 Toy· Bell· Bell Toy· Bells· CPSC· CPSC Recall· CPSC Violation· CPSIA· CPSIA Violation· EHome Bells· Music· Music Toy· Musical Bell Toy· Musical Instruments· Musical Toy· Toy Bell
Sunday - March 27, 2022
There is quite a bit of information about these bells below - with all questions that have been asked so far answered in detail. Please read the FULL post (scroll down and continue reading below each of the images, etc.) Thank you.
I am planning on reporting ...
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1979 Fisher Price Squirrel Toy: 836 ppm Cadmium (40 ppm & up is unsafe for kids), 5 ppm Lead & 13 ppm Antimony.
1979 Fisher Price Toys· Fisher Price· Fisher Price Doll· IL Stuff· Vintage Fisher Price· Vintage Fisher Price Barnyard
Reading #1) on the red plastic hat
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): 836 +/- 10 ppm
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 202 +/- 79 ppm
Iron (Fe): 78 +/- 42 ppm
Copper (Cu): 27 +/- 17 ppm
Zinc ...
Read More about 1979 Fisher Price Squirrel Toy: 836 ppm Cadmium (40 ppm & up is unsafe for kids), 5 ppm Lead & 13 ppm Antimony.
Blue and white glazed ceramic doll / figurine holding two babies: 40 ppm Lead + 5 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards.)
Reading #1) on the blue glaze of her hat
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 17 +/- 3 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 164 +/- 85 ppm
Iron (Fe): 2,754 +/- 65 ppm
Cobalt (Co): 20,400 +/- 200 ...
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Brown Glass Supplement Bottle for MediHerb Standard Process herbal supplement (Australia): 112 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium in the glass (typical of supplement bottles).
Brown· Brown Glass· Brown Glass Bottle· Brown Glass Supplement Bottle· Glass· Glass Bottle· Glass Bottles· Glass Supplement Bottle· IL Stuff· Supplement Bottle· Supplements
Reading #1) on the brown glass
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 112 +/- 7 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 2 ppm
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): non-detect
Iron (Fe): 3,008 +/- 92 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 47 +/- 7 ppm
Zirconium ...
Read More about Brown Glass Supplement Bottle for MediHerb Standard Process herbal supplement (Australia): 112 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Cadmium in the glass (typical of supplement bottles).
March 2022 is officially in the “Top Ten Months” of all time on LeadSafeMama.com. Thank you for your ongoing support of this work.
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March 25, 2022
Friday
10:16 a.m. PST
Coming to you today (still / again!) from Bar Harbor, Maine
March 2022 just passed 252,900 page views here at LeadSafeMama.com, bumping this month into the #TopTenMonths of all time for readership (unique page views) on the LeadSafeMama.com / TamaraRubin.com ...
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