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“How CoViD-19 panic has impacted LeadSafeMama.com…” – continued, March 23, 2020 Update.
Click here to read my first post about this! #ZombieApocalypse Lead Safe Mama Update Not too much to say here today – I just wanted to share an update with the LeadSafeMama.com stats graph from this afternoon (graph above, with larger image at the bottom of the post.) We’re down to lows of 2,500 to…
Cadmium Free | Cadmium Free Silicone | Cadmium-free silicone | Chewy Tube | Made in Maine | Red | Red Silicone | Red Silicone Chew Toy | Silicone | Silicone Baby Products | Silicone Chew Toy | Silicone Teether | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Chewy Tube red silicone chew toy. Sold at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital & made in Maine: non-detect for Cadmium.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing…
#LeadedDishes | Casserole | Casserole Dish | Casserole Dishes | Casseroles | Dynaware | Dynaware Casserole | Glass | Milk Glass | Milk Glass Casserole | Pyr-O-Rey | Pyr-O-Rey Casserole | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Dynaware Pyr-O-Rey milk glass casserole: 9,804 ppm Lead, 2,204 ppm Arsenic, 413 ppm Cadmium.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
1970s | 1970s Books | 1970s Children’s Books | 1970s Toy | 1977 | 1977 Cassette Tape | 1977 Toy | Audio Tape | Book | Book and Tape | Books | Books with Lead | Cassette Tape | Disney | Disney Book | Disney Toy | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Red | Red Plastic | Red Vintage Plastic | Tape | Vintage Book | Vintage Books | Vintage Disney Book | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | Walt Disney | Walt Disney Book | Walt Disney Productions | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along book: 17 ppm Lead (safe by all standards.)
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
1970s | 1970s Books | 1970s Children’s Books | 1970s Toy | 1977 | 1977 Cassette Tape | 1977 Toy | Audio Tape | Book and Tape | Cassette Tape | Disney | Disney Book | Disney Toy | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Red | Red Plastic | Red Vintage Plastic | Tape | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | Walt Disney | Walt Disney Book | Walt Disney Productions | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
1977 Walt Disney Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too – read along tape: 495 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe), 35 ppm Arsenic.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
Green Silicone | Senso Minds | Senso Minds Chew Necklace | Silicone | Silicone Baby Products | Silicone Chew Beads | Silicone Chew Necklace | Silicone Chew Toy | Silicone Necklace | Silicone Teether | Silicone with trace Cadmium | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Senso Minds “Non-Toxic” green silicone chew necklace — Lego shape: 12 +/- 3 ppm Cadmium (a known carcinogen)
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…
Blue Silicone | Senso Minds | Senso Minds Chew Necklace | Silicone | Silicone Baby Products | Silicone Chew Beads | Silicone Chew Necklace | Silicone Chew Toy | Silicone Necklace | Silicone Teether | Silicone with trace Cadmium | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Senso Minds “Non-Toxic” blue silicone chew necklace – Lego shape: 12 +/- 3 ppm Cadmium, a known carcinogen.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
2020 | 2020 Plastic Toy | 2020 Toy | Dollar Store | Dollar Tree | Dollar Tree Robot Toy | Dollar Tree Store | Dollar Tree Store Toy | Greenbrier | Greenbrier International | Greenbrier International Inc. | Made In China | Plastic Doll | Plastic Figurines | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Robot | Robot Toy | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in yellow), made in China: 113 +/- 31 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadSafe | 2020 | 2020 Plastic Toy | 2020 Toy | Dollar Store | Dollar Tree | Dollar Tree Robot Toy | Dollar Tree Store | Dollar Tree Store Toy | Greenbrier | Greenbrier International | Greenbrier International Inc. | Made In China | Plastic Doll | Plastic Figurines | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Robot | Robot Toy | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in red), made in China: 48 ppm Lead (in the black legs), safe by all standards.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadFree | 2020 | 2020 Plastic Toy | 2020 Toy | Dollar Store | Dollar Tree | Dollar Tree Robot Toy | Dollar Tree Store | Dollar Tree Store Toy | Greenbrier | Greenbrier International | Greenbrier International Inc. | Made In China | Plastic Doll | Plastic Figurines | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Robot | Robot Toy | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Dollar Store plastic robot toy (in green), made in China: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic & Antimony.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Concerto | Concerto Pattern | Fine China | Grace Fine China | Japan | Japanese | Japanese China | Japanese Porcelain | Leaded China | Made In Japan | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Grace Fine China from Japan, “Concerto” pattern: 4,662 ppm Lead + 571 ppm Arsenic. 90 ppm Lead is unsafe.
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Fine China | Golden Cove | Japan | Japanese | Japanese China | Japanese Porcelain | Leaded China | Made In Japan | Noritake | Noritake Fine China | Noritake Golden Cove | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Noritake “Golden Cove” pattern china from Japan: 301,400 ppm Lead on the food surface. 90 ppm is unsafe.
Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Floral Pattern | Floral Pattern China | Flowers | Leaded China | Pink Flowers | Unbranded | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | White flowers | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Unmarked, unbranded ceramic cup with floral pattern. 33,500 ppm Lead on the pink tulip of the design. 90 ppm is unsafe.
Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#BestMonthEver | 2020 Stats | February 2020 | February 2020 Stats | February Stats | Site Stats | Stats | Stats Graph
Each of the past 12 months LeadSafeMama.com has seen more than 100,000 unique page views per month! Thank you!
Each of the past 12 months LeadSafeMama.com has seen more than 100,000 unique page views per month! This is the first time that has ever happened! Thanks to more than a couple of spikes and viral moments over the past year, the average has actually been 374,588 page views per month from March 2019 through…
#LeadFree | #SchoolSupplies | 2020 | Acrylic | Acrylic Ruler | Art Supplies | Art Supply | Blick Art Materials | Made In China | Plastic Ruler | Ruler | School Supplies | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Artists Serving Artists red acrylic ruler (made in China) from Blick Art Materials: no metals detected at all! [Lead-free!]
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
2020 | 2020 Mug | Collectable | Collectible | Collectible Mug | Lead Free Mug | Made In China | Mug | Mugs | Souvenir | Souvenir Mug | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
California mug purchased at Oakland Airport in 2020: Free of Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury & Antimony! Woohoo!
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | 1990s | 1990s Dishes | 1993 | 1993 Dish | Bill Bell | Cat | Cat Collectable | Cat Dish | Cats | Collectable | Collectible | Collectible Ceramics | Collectible Dish | Franklin Mint | Franklin Mint Heirloom Collection | Leaded China | Not For Food Use | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Franklin Mint Heirloom Collection dish warns “Not to be used for food consumption. Pigments used for color may be toxic.”
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | 1990s | 1990s Dishes | 1993 | 1993 Dish | 1994 | 1994 Dish | Blue & White | Blue & White China | Blue Elbe | Japan | Japanese | Japanese China | Japanese Porcelain | Leaded China | Made In Japan | Sanyo | Sanyo China | Tokyo | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Sanyo Saucer, Japan – c. 1993. Lead-free food surface – common with china made in Japan for the Japanese market.
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Hall’s | Hall’s Superior Quality Kitchenware | Leaded China | Made In America | Made in U.S.A. | Made In USA | Made in USA china | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Vintage Hall’s Superior Quality Kitchenware bowl (Tested and approved by Mary Dunbar, Jewel Homemaker’s Institute). 9,100 ppm Lead. Click to see the bowl!
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Harkerware | Harkerware China | Harkerware Oven-Proof | Leaded China | Made In America | Made in U.S.A. | Made In USA | Made in USA china | Oven Proof | Oven-Proof | Rooster | Rooster Decoration | Vintage Ceramics | Vintage China | Vintage Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Harkerware Oven-Proof vintage orange rooster plate: 78,600 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 1,318 ppm Arsenic.
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
Measuring Tape | Sewing | Sewing Notions | Sewing Supplies | Vinyl | Vinyl Fabric | Vinyl Measuring Tape | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Dritz purple vinyl “Fun Tape Measure”: package says it has Lead, but it tests Lead-Free!
Introduction: 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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants…
1960s | 1960s China | 1970 | 1970s | 1970s China | Bavaria | Bavarian | Chippendale | Chippendale China | German | Germany | Haviland & Co | Haviland & Co. | Haviland & Company | Haviland Chippendale | Johann Haviland | Made in Bavaria | Made in Germany | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Haviland Chippendale bowl (Germany, c. 1960-70): 4,608 ppm Lead + 529 Arsenic. What style china do you have?
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
1980 | 1980s | 1980s China | 1980s Corelle | Corelle | Corelle by Corning | Corelle Dishes | Corelle Floral Pattern | Corelle Tulip Pattern | Vintage China | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
c. 1980s Corelle tulip pattern dish: 15,500 ppm Lead. Arsenic + Cadmium too. Which vintage Corelle pattern do you use?
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…
2007 | 2007 China | Blenheim Palace | Dunoon | Dunoon Fine Bone China | England | English | English China | English Fine Bone China | English Fine China | Fine Bone China | Fine China | Fine China Mug | Made in England | Red Drawing Room | Vintage China | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
2007 Dunoon Blenheim Palace Red Drawing Room Mug: 19,900 ppm Lead + 1,750 Arsenic. Which mug do you use daily for coffee?
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Introduction: Tamara Rubin is an independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and 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. She uses high-precision XRF testing (a…