I’m excited to share this with you… year-over-year growth for LeadSafeMama.com looking at December-January-February!
Thank you for being here. I’ve been looking at the stats on our website recently and really marveling at the growth of traffic here over the past couple of years. I am so thankful that you all share this work with your friends and families and communities. It is really making a difference and we…
1989 Toys | 1990 | 1990 Toys | 1990s | 1990s Toys | Duplo | Duplo Block | Duplos | plastic | Plastic Blocks | Plastic Toy | Plastic Toys | Toy | Toys | Tyco | Tyco Building Blocks | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | XRFTesting
Vintage (1990s?) TYCO plastic building blocks (Duplo-style): Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free!
Green TYCO building block – 30 seconds Copper (Cu): 150 +/- 15 ppm Nickel (Ni): 13 +/- 8 ppm Iron (Fe): 55 +/- 20 ppm Titanium (Ti): 2,167 +/- 295 ppm Continue reading below the image. Red TYCO building block – 30 seconds Barium (Ba): 189 +/- 108 ppm Bromine (Br): 19 +/- 3 ppm Iron…
1990 | 1990 Toys | 1990s | 1990s Toys | Duplo | Duplo Block | Duplo by Lego Group | Duplos | Lego | Lego Group | Legos | Toy | Toys | Vintage Toy | Vintage Toys | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
Blue vintage (1990s?) Duplo building block – by Lego: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Mercury-free!
Blue Block – 30 second reading Barium (Ba): 198 +/- 108 ppm Copper (Cu): 538 +/- 28 ppm Iron (Fe): 38 +/- 24 ppm Titanium (Ti): 8,650 +/- 480 ppm This piece is discussed in detail on this video – link here. I will update this post shortly, but just wanted to start by making sure the XRF readings were…
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Vintage (1990s?) AAA rubber toy blue whale (made in China): Lead-free, Antimony-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free & Mercury-free!
Whale – 60 second test Barium (Ba): 492 +/- 56 ppm Br (Bromine): 22 +/- 5 pm Zinc (Zn): 304 +/- 33 ppm Iron (Fe): 210 +/- 68 ppm Titanium (Ti): 15,100 +/- 1,800 ppm This piece is discussed in detail on this video – link here. I will update this post shortly, but just…
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1999 Wedgwood white glazed Edme teacup (Made in England): 43,100 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.
Wedgwood ribbed part of cup – 60 seconds Lead (Pb): 43,100 +/- 1,100 ppm Barium (Ba): 636 +/- 90 ppm Zinc (Zn): 179 +/- 36 ppm Iron (Fe): 2,741 +/- 273 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 1,886 +/- 112 ppm Vanadium (V): 588 +/- 67 ppm Titanium (Ti): 1,155 +/- 112 ppm Wedgwood lip of cup…
#LeadSafe | 2019 | Ikea | Ikea Ceramics | Ikea Mug | Ikea Mugs | Made In China | Mug | Mugs | Mugs with Lead | White | White Ceramic | White China | White Dishes | White Glaze | White Ikea Dishes | White Mug | White Pottery | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
2019 “made in China” ceramic Ikea mug (21963-1 ): Lead-free glaze, 38 ppm Lead in the substrate. Safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument the white glazed Ikea mug pictured here had the following two sets of readings: 1.) Ikea mug exterior glaze: 60 second test Zinc (Zn): 28,500 +/- 900 ppm Copper (Cu): 335 +/- 62 ppm Iron (Fe): 650 +/- 168 ppm Vanadium (V): 82 +/- 29 ppm Titanium (Ti): 204 +/- 46 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 15,600 +/- 500 ppm Continue reading below…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | 1983 | Avon | Avon Dishes | Japan | Japanese | Japanese China | Japanese Porcelain | Leaded China | Made In Japan | Mother’s Day | Mother’s Day | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
1983 Avon Mother’s Day Dish: 9,750 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + 121 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats).
XRF Reading – 60 second test Lead (Pb): 9,750 +/- 229 ppm Chromium (Cr): 3,588 +/- 157 ppm Antimony (Sb): 121 +/- 20 ppm Tin (Sn): 217 +/- 19 ppm Zinc (Zn): 3,224 +/- 131 ppm Iron (Fe): 2,689 +/- 230 ppm Vanadium (V): 452 +/- 48 ppm Titanium (Ti): 346 +/- 52 ppm…
Sunday chat with Lead Safe Mama, February 23, 2020 (Video): Vintage Silver Spoons, Duplos, FlexiBears, Ikea Mug, Sterling Pottery, Wedgwood, Avon
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2017 Mattress | Bedding | Bedding with Antimony | Mattress | Mattress with Antimony | Toxic Mattress
Another toxic mattress. 2017 Sertapedic Alesbury Mattress (Maryland): 1,370 ppm Antimony (causes cancer in rats).
Sertapedic Alesbury Mattress When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument, this [manufactured September, 2017] Sertapedic Alesbury mattress was positive for a fairly high level of Antimony. This was a mattress produced and sold in the State of Maryland. The full XRF test results for the mattress pictured here are as follows: Lead (Pb): Non-Detect Cadmium…
Bedding | Discount Code | Mattress | Naturepedic | Naturepedic 2020 | Nontoxic Mattress | Organic Mattress
My kids were literally fighting last night over who got to sleep on the bed with the new Naturepeidic organic mattress!
Scroll down for a kind of fun annotated version of this same photo showing each of the vendors for everything in Avi’s room!… Posted: February 22, 2020 Updated: October 26, 2021 Our New Bed! So we finally got an inexpensive (P.O.S.!) metal frame for the new California King Naturepedic organic mattress that Naturepedic actually sent…
Saturday chat with Lead Safe Mama, February 22, 2020 (Video): Baby Spoons, Photo Mugs, African Silver, Mardi Gras Beads, Crystal Jewelery
This is a Facebook Live video I made today. I have uploaded to my YouTube channel. Please watch it and if you find it at all interesting, please subscribe to the YouTube channel so that you will be alerted when I upload future videos! Thank you. As of today, February 22, 2020 I have 622…
2012 Mardi Gras Bead Bag from New Orleans with WARNING: “Not intended for use by children 12 years & younger”
Where did you find this bag, Tamara!? When I was filming for my documentary on childhood Lead poisoning (MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic) back in February of 2012, we were in New Orleans (about 40% of the film was shot in New Orleans actually!) It seemed fitting to attend the Mardi Gras parade to try to…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Ceramic | Ceramics | Leaded China | Made In Portugal | Portugal | Williams Sonoma | Williams Sonoma Dishes | XRF Testing | XRFTesting
“Made in Portugal” Williams Sonoma dinner plate: 151,800 ppm Lead on the food surface. 90 ppm is unsafe for for kids!
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…
#BestMonthEver | 2020 Stats | 4th Best Month Ever | February 2020 | February 2020 Stats | February Stats | Site Stats | Stats | Stats Graph
February 2020 is officially “Number 4!” (as of today) on Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthsEver list! #MischiefManaged
Thanks everyone! My goal is for each month in 2020 to make it in to the #BestMonthsEver #TopTen category, but that’s going to mean somehow beating March and December of 2019 for each of the remaining ten months this year, so I may just have to be happy with 8 of the top ten months…
#LeadedChina | #LeadedDishes | Andrea | Andrea Fine Bone China | Bone China | Fine Bone China | Fine China | Leaded China | Made in England
Andrea fine bone china “Made In England”: 59,900 ppm Lead on food surface (90 is unsafe in items for kids.)
When tested with a a high-precision XRF instrument, the dish pictured here had the following readings: White Center of Dish (food surface): Lead (Pb): 59,900 +/- 1,800 ppm Barium (Ba): 212 +/- 96 ppm Zinc (Zn): 77 +/- 33 ppm Iron (Fe): 1,109 +/- 219 ppm Titanium (Ti): 153 +/- 52 ppm Note: Gold-colored decorative…
#Flatware | #Silverware | Antique Spoon | Baby | Baby Flatware | Baby Spoon | Baby Spoons | Child Sized Spoon | Child’s Spoon | Enamel | Enameled Spoon | Enamelware | Enamelware Spoon | Silverware | Tiny Spoon
Tiny dark-blue enamel decorated spoon: 388,800 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids] & 1,117 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer.)
When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument, this spoon had the following readings: Blue enamel of the handle: Lead (Pb): 388,800 +/- 48,000 ppm Barium (Ba): 16,200 +/- 3,300 ppm Selenium (Se): 721 +/- 337 ppm Bromine (Br): 217 +/- 90 ppm Tin (Sn): 10,300 +/- 2,000 ppm Copper (Cu): 28,400 +/- 4,100 ppm Vanadium…
2018 Emerson Creek Pottery Bowl: Lead-free food surface glaze & 17 ppm Lead in the substrate. Advertised as Lead-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…
Made In China Gourmet Chef Glazed Ceramic Dish: Lead-free glaze + 68 ppm Lead in the substrate. Safe by all standards.
White Glazed Food Surface of the Dish: Barium (Ba): 3,050 +/- 202 ppm Zinc (Zn): 13,500 +/- 500 ppm Copper (Cu): 421 +/- 79 ppm Iron (Fe): 990 +/- 242 ppm Vanadium (V): 2,718 +/- 167 ppm Titanium (Ti): 5,394 +/- 321 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 22,600 +/- 900 ppm Back Logo Area of the Dish:…
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vds “Made in Portugal” glazed bowl (suspected of causing an Elevated Blood Lead Level [EBL] in owner): 63,700 ppm Lead.
One of my readers sent this dish to me because she tested positive for Lead – and was concerned that perhaps her dishes might be the source of her Lead exposure. Well… based on the XRF test results, it appears that in this case, her concerns are likely valid. When tested with a a high-precision…
Product Recommendation: iPads (on sale today on Amazon)… [Yes they are Lead-free in all accessible components!]
iPads are on sale today on Amazon! iPads are Lead-free in all accessible components. [Apple has pretty good toxicant standards across the board!] My understanding is that iPads are also likely Lead-free in the internal (inaccessible) components, but I have not disassembled one for testing (yet!) We use iPads in our home. My husband and…
#BestMonthEver | 2020 Stats | February 2020 | February 2020 Stats | February Stats | Site Stats | Stats | Stats Graph
February 2020 is officially in the “Top Ten” for Lead Safe Mama’s #BestMonthsEver, popping into 9th place today.
Thanks everyone! My goal is for each month in 2020 to make it in to the #BestMonthsEver #TopTen category, but that’s going to mean somehow beating March and December of 2019 for each of the remaining months this year, so I may just have to be happy with 8 of the top ten months of…
2020 | Crate & Barrel | Crate and Barrel | Pier 1 | Pier One | Pottery Barn | Pottery Barn Decor | Pottery Barn Dishes | Pottery Barn Emma | Pottery Barn Great White | Pottery Barn Kids | Pottery Barn Mug | Stores to avoid | Things to avoid | Tiffany | Tiffany & Co. | Tiffany China | Williams Sonoma | World Market | World Market Ceramics | World Market Mug
List of stores I won’t shop at because they recently sold things with Lead or still sell things with Lead…
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…
LeadSafeMama.com might just reach 6,000,000 unique all-time views TONIGHT. Thank you!
Originally posted: February 12, 2020 Updated: February 13, 2020 – Scroll down for update Please share a post of mine tonight (but not this one – scroll down – on Facebook – and pick another one on my page!) Thank you so much. This is going to be a good Valentine’s Day week for me!…
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Dungeons & Dragons 1980s elf figurine: 497,000 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is dangerous. Kids shouldn’t play with these.
XRF test results for tiny elf lady! When tested with a high-precision XRF instrument*, this little (tiny, actually!) female elf figurine had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 497,000 +/- 13,000 ppm Barium (Ba): 1,151 +/- 466 ppm Antimony (Sb): 23,700 +/- 1,000 ppm Selenium (Se): 2,178 +/- 370 ppm Tin (Sn): 2,720 +/- 260 ppm…