LeadSafeMama.com had more than 82,000 readers in September 2020 alone! Thank you!
I am always flabbergasted by how many people read my website every month. I am SO THANKFUL that with YOUR HELP we are reaching so many people with the message of childhood Lead poisoning prevention!!! (more than 82,700 people in September 2020 alone – and that doesn’t include the social media reach – it’s just…
Vintage American Girl dolls may have components with unsafe levels of Lead — use caution when giving them to young children
Vintage (1980s-1990s) American Girl dolls may have unsafe levels of Lead in their costumes or accessories. While American Girl dolls I have tested over the years generally test negative for heavy metal toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, and Antimony), I recently had the opportunity to test a vintage (1990s) American Girl doll that had several original…
In spite of the pandemic, September 2020 closed out in the “Top 10 Months of All Time” here on the site! TY!
Thursday – October 1, 2020 Coming to you from somewhere in New Hampshire… … on the way back to Maine! Lead Safe Mama highlights for September 2020 September 2020 closed out with 203,968 unique views for the month! September 2020 saw the website pass more than 7,500,000 unique all-time views! September 2020 closed out the…
Thank you to all of the Lead Safe Mama readers for making September 2020 the best September ever!
Sunday – September 27, 2020 Boston, Mass Hello friends! I have so much writing to catch up on – hopefully you will be hearing more from me very soon. I just got my computer back after loaning it to my son for more than two weeks (while he waited for his computer for college to…
After some online schooling from the road, A.J. is moved in! Here’s a list of things I bought to set my son up in his college apartment in Boston!
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…
Guidelines for friends helping answer reader’s questions for Lead Safe Mama online
Published: September 22, 2020 Updated: August 15, 2024 Thanks for helping! Every now and then helpers support the work of Lead Safe Mama on social media (and elsewhere, too). I’ve written this as a guide for people who have offered to come on board as Lead Safe Mama Helpers… Below are some details about how this…
Lead Safe Mama’s Non-Toxic Stocking Stuffer Guide, 2020 Edition
[Originally posted in 2019 — updated for 2020] Hello! Happy Holidays! Let me start by saying a few things… #1) I don’t happen to celebrate Christmas (we’re Jewish – although December 25th is my late mother’s birthday(!), so we do take the day to remember her and spend it with family!) #2) I don’t buy…
The school district thinks they are offering FAPE to my kids & says that I am refusing it. Fuck them.
The school district just sent me a formal letter saying I was refusing FAPE (Free and appropriate public education) for my 12 year old disabled son Charlie. Below is my response tonight so far (I just got the letter in an email after I got the kids in to bed). But first here’s the communication…
This is an AQI map right now of the air around my home today, Wednesday, September 16, 2020. I guess I am staying on the road as long as possible!
This is an AQI map of the air around my home right now (Wednesday, September 16, 2020). I cannot convey how thankful I am to be with my boys on the other side of the country right now! Charlie would have been in the hospital on day one of this mess (we normally don’t let…
Organifi glass water bottle logo is painted with LEAD PAINT! 15,600 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe.)
Not surprisingly, this bottle is advertised as a healthier choice! Below are images and text from their website on September 6, 2020 – Sunday From the Organifi website: “Sleek, Classy and Stylish. A new way to show your dedication to health and wellness to the entire world.” Continue reading below the images. Image #1 from the…
Do you (or your grandma) have kitchen counters like this? If so they may test positive for unsafe levels of Lead.
Vintage (1970s / 1980s) faux wood vinyl countertops often have unsafe levels of Lead. When I walk in to a home and see counters like these now – based on experience – I am almost always certain that they will test positive for Lead. This particular counter was likely from the year the home was…
This is the truck I am planning to buy to be the “Lead Safe Mama Mobile!” Now to find some sponsors!
You can help the “Lead Safe Mama Mobile” happen! I chose this truck after an exhaustive search of all the options online – and (if I can find a corporate sponsor – or three or four – to cover the cost of the truck!) I am also going to do a “wrap” of the truck…
Hello! I need help finding Lead-free housing for my son A.J. who is starting college in Boston next week! TIA.
Can you spot the college kid? Here’s a closer shot!Images above are of A.J. doing his student orientation virtually! Personal post! I need some help. Thanks! We’re looking for a good deal on a small apartment in a nice area within an hour drive of Berklee College of Music – for my son A.J. …
CoViD-19 permitting, I would like to stay on the road – driving around the U.S. helping families. A request…
My campsite (with the cows) at my friends’ ranch in Montana a couple of weeks ago… Tuesday, August 25, 2020 You might say that I am an unusual person… I like to think outside the box to solve problems; I like to be creative in my solutions, especially in my efforts to make a difference…
So many milestones (in spite of the pandemic!) Lead Safe Mama just passed 2,000,000 unique views for the year… & more
August 24, 2020 – Monday Hi friends! There have really been too many amazing things to share with you this month, and I just have not had the time to write (because I have been on the road visiting with families of Lead-poisoned kids since August 3rd)! Here are a few highlights (which you can…
Lead Safe Mama Summer 2020 Socially Distanced Cross-Country Tour; August 24, 2020 update and highlights.
If you are interested in getting on my schedule in the next 6 weeks, click here! August 24, 2020 – Monday Lead Safe Mama 2020 Summer Tour Update Hello friends! I wanted to give you an update on our adventures. I had hoped to record little videos every day — but traveling with disabled kids…
My kids found a wedding ring in Castle Rock, CO (8/20) & I hope you can help me find the owner! Please share this!
We found a ring and are looking for the owner! On Thursday, August 20, 2020 (at around 5:30 p.m.) my kids were walking around Castle Rock, Colorado (while I was working with a family there) and they stumbled upon the ring pictured in this piece (scroll down for an image of the ring). The other…
Who has one of these lurking in their kitchen drawer? Toss it! Vintage rolling pin with red handles: 7,941 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe)
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,…
August 19, 2020: More than 52,000 Nerf Hasbro Super Soaker XP20 & XP30 toys (sold at Target) recalled for Lead violation.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Nearly 53,000 Nerf Hasbro Super Soaker toy water guns [sold exclusively at Target] have been recalled for a CPSC Lead content standard violation. Here’s the link to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the standards that were violated by this toy.) The specific violation is that the ink in…
Today (Thur. 8/13) is Day 2 of the FREE Integrative Pediatrics Summit! Click to see the speaker lineup! My presentation is tomorrow – 8/14!
Below is a note from Dr. Gator! My session of this FREE pediatric health conference is tomorrow (Friday, August 14th) – so please tune in!) Welcome to Day 2 of the Integrative Pediatrics Summit! We’re so glad you’re here with us. Every day of the summit focuses on one of the “S.E.E.D.S.” of health. Yesterday…
I am “speaking” (virtually) at a pediatric health summit that starts tomorrow. Speakers also include Hilary Duff & many other parent advocates & health professionals.
I am a speaker in this pediatric health summit that starts tomorrow, please check it out! Start by reading the e-mail below, but here’s the link with more info too. —– From Dr. Gator: The Integrative Pediatrics Summit starts tomorrow! We’re at a turning point in history. Our kids are getting sicker and sicker. To…
Your kids can enter an art contest in AUSTRALIA this week (and they may just win a prize!) Please click through for details.
Link to enter: https://volcanoartprize.com The Volcano Art Prize With Lead Safe World – out of Australia a project of Australia’s L.E.A.D. Group! This is a SUPERFUN STAY-AT-HOME-YET-IMPACT-THE-WORLD ACTIVITY for you and your kids to participate in today (or anytime in the next week!) The deadline for the Volcano Art Prize has been extended to August…
A Lead Safe Mama update and a request, as we head in to August…
Hey friends! I showed this graph (the first image) to my son Avi and he said “Mom! Your website is recovering!” (He’s such a smart kid!) – This month has been so busy. Unfortunately, it’s been busy mostly because I have been helping families nonstop -families with newly diagnosed cases of Lead poisoned kids contacting…
This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like on a stainless steel water bottle. Please read the full piece if you have questions.
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,…