A new addition to the official "Tamara's Favorite Things" list - socks
February 8, 2022 - Tuesday
Socks are a complicated conversation in this house - with so many different opinions and sensory issues (due to disabilities) on top of the need for warmth and comfort. These are the socks we have ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Calamityware (2015) mug: 28 ppm Lead (safe by all standards) + 12,200 ppm Cobalt [a possible human carcinogen, per CDC] in the blue decorations. Click to read more.
XRF test results below are for the exact item pictured.
(It arrived broken - shipped to me by a reader)
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Read More about Calamityware (2015) mug: 28 ppm Lead (safe by all standards) + 12,200 ppm Cobalt [a possible human carcinogen, per CDC] in the blue decorations. Click to read more.
Milk Glass with Cow from Global Amici, Made in Italy: 9 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Cadmium. Safe by ALL Standards.
XRF test results for the item pictured.
More information to be posted shortly.
Here's a Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link for these exact glasses.
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Sliver / Chrome colored cabinet knob / drawer pull: 36 ppm Lead (safe by all standards), 80 ppm Mercury (no specified total content limits for hazard determination.)
XRF test results for the item pictured.
More information to be posted shortly.
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Read More about Sliver / Chrome colored cabinet knob / drawer pull: 36 ppm Lead (safe by all standards), 80 ppm Mercury (no specified total content limits for hazard determination.)
Brass colored cabinet knob/ drawer pull: 7,986 ppm Lead (90 & up is unsafe for kids), 33 ppm Cadmium, 163 ppm Antimony.
XRF test results for the item pictured.
More information to be posted shortly.
To learn more about the testing methodology employed for the test results reported on this website, click here.
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January 2022… It’s a wrap! All of the Lead Safe Mama stats for the first month of this year! [Including how much we earned this month from your clicks!]
February 1, 2022 - Tuesday
First I want to start by re-sharing this graphic... In the January portion of the Lead Safe Mama winter tour (which is continuing in to the first week of February) I have been to 11 (ELEVEN!) States (including Washington, D.C.) working with and visiting with families from ...
Read More about January 2022… It’s a wrap! All of the Lead Safe Mama stats for the first month of this year! [Including how much we earned this month from your clicks!]
If you love my work (or if you love me) you are going to want to read this. The State filed a motion to dismiss my entire Federal Civil Rights case. This is my attorney’s brilliant response.
January 31, 2022- Monday
Updated: 2/2/2022
My attorney just sent this to me today (link here and below). This is his full 32-page superbly-written response as filed with the courts on Saturday (1/29) - a response to the State's "Motion for Summary Judgment" which was filed about a month ago (the ...
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Philips Avent Natural Glass Baby Bottle: Lead-free, 21 ppm Cadmium in the silicone nipple (Cadmium is a known carcinogen, but this is considered safe by all current standards)
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 ...
Read More about Philips Avent Natural Glass Baby Bottle: Lead-free, 21 ppm Cadmium in the silicone nipple (Cadmium is a known carcinogen, but this is considered safe by all current standards)
Modern (2021) glass and silicone lid for 2-cup Pyrex food storage: 7 ppm Lead + 20 ppm Cadmium + 11 ppm Antimony.
XRF test results for the item pictured.
More information to be posted shortly.
Note: The levels of toxicants found in this product are considered safe by all standards. It's up to you to do the research about these heavy metals to determine if you are comfortable with Federal standards (which are ...
Read More about Modern (2021) glass and silicone lid for 2-cup Pyrex food storage: 7 ppm Lead + 20 ppm Cadmium + 11 ppm Antimony.
Brown ceramic stoneware glazed dish (no brand or maker’s mark): 82 ppm Lead on the food surface.
XRF test results for the item pictured.
More information to be posted shortly.
Brown dish food surface
60-second reading
Lead (Pb): 82 +/- 5 ppm
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): non-detect
Arsenic (As): non-detect
Chromium (Cr): 218 +/- 97 ...
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC by the numbers… January 23, 2022 – Sunday
Please subscribe to the Lead Safe Mama newsletter if you haven't joined us there yet! It's FREE and when we reach 9,000 Newsletter subscribers we will be choosing one active subscriber (chosen at random using the random dot org random number generator) to win an organic mattress and bedding worth up ...
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Words With Friends… The CertiPUR-US Greenwashing edition… with your host, Tamara Rubin (Environmental Activist).
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 10:00 p.m.
[Note: This is NOT a dis on "Words With Friends” — just a fun play on words!]
I looked up the game, "Words With Friends" online - and found the description particularly appropriate: "Words With Friends is easy to learn, can help strengthen vocabulary ...
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Here’s a brief update on Medley Home furniture, including a thinly veiled threat from the CertiPUR-US foam folks (with input from their legal team), and my response
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). ...
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@LeadSafeMama just passed 8,900 Instagram Followers (so we’re giving aways some MORE Lead Free mugs!]
Our most recent winner was announced just a few days ago too! ...
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