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What is a Lead Safe Mama “Healthy Home Consultation”?
First we want to clarify what it is not.
A Lead Safe Mama healthy home consultation is not a ...
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Recent & Important Articles:
Pella brand door handle: over 30,000 ppm Lead!90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids. Are your door knobs leaded?
Posted on Instagram just now - to be updated with more info shortly
Pella brand door handle; high-Lead brass, with nickel finish (c. 1997?) Note the worn finish on the inside handle (the handle on the interior side of the door that is touched often.) This tested positive for over ...
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Is there Lead in your vintage synthetic carpet? How do you know if your carpet has Lead?!
Posted on Instagram just now — will update with more info ASAP!
Carpet from 1997-2000 … approx. 800 ppm Lead. This is in a home built in 1997 (but the homeowners reported that it was not installed until some time after the home was built). A reading of 90 ppm and up is unsafe for ...
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Crystal encrusted Peacock shaped wine stopper: 129,000 ppm Lead + 359,200 ppm Cadmium + Antimony too.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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Vintage Costume Jewelry Golden/ Brass Horse Pin: 34,400 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
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). ...
Read More about Vintage Costume Jewelry Golden/ Brass Horse Pin: 34,400 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids)
Is your child’s playground safe? Is the soil contaminated? How do you know?
My eldest son took this photo in Salem, MA this week. Contaminated soil next to a playground. Note playground in the distance.
Is your playground safe?
How do you know?
If your child plays at the same neighborhood playground every single day, it is worth asking the city or state or county if ...
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Costume Jewelry: decorative hair pin with red faux jewels – positive for high levels of Lead, Cadmium and Antimony (three known poisons!)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
Read More about KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lead-contaminated aluminum.)
Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
Read More about Black Burnished KitchenAid Paddle for Stand Mixer: 71 ppm Lead. (A good example of Lead-contaminated cast Aluminum.)
Limoges France “The Calais” small gold-rimmed dish: 30 ppm Lead on food surface & 2,087 ppm Lead on the back mark.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
Read More about Limoges France “The Calais” small gold-rimmed dish: 30 ppm Lead on food surface & 2,087 ppm Lead on the back mark.
KitchenAid brand white coated stand mixer paddle: 373 ppm Lead + 7 ppm Cadmium.
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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. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She ...
Read More about KitchenAid brand white coated stand mixer paddle: 373 ppm Lead + 7 ppm Cadmium.
Small handmade green glazed ceramic dish: 23 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
Read More about Small handmade green glazed ceramic dish: 23 ppm Lead + 6 ppm Cadmium. Safe by all standards.
Vintage green and white enamel Le Creuset cooking pot: positive for varying levels of Lead and Cadmium.
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood Lead poisoning prevention. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009, and was the parent-advocate responsible ...
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Vintage (?) pressed clear glass plate (made in Mexico): trace Lead and trace Cadmium – safe by all standards.
The dish is NOT wavy but the fabric under it was - I just like this first pic for the illusion this dish creates using distortion created by the fabric underneath it!
Introduction:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal award winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and childhood ...
Read More about Vintage (?) pressed clear glass plate (made in Mexico): trace Lead and trace Cadmium – safe by all standards.
