Lead-free and on sale on Amazon today — August 31, 2024
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,…
#NLR: Everything I bought for my son before dropping him off at college — 2024 edition (because this list might be helpful to others!)
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 2024 Laboratory Test Report for GoGo Squeez Organic Fruit On The Go in AppleApple Flavor (Independent, Third-party, Community-funded Lab-testing)
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 2024 Laboratory Test Report for Pure Organic Layered Fruit Bars in Raspberry Lemonade Flavor (Independent, Third-party, Community-funded Lab-testing)
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 2024 Laboratory Test Report for Pure Organic Layered Fruit Bars in Strawberry Banana Flavor (Independent, Third-party, Community-funded Lab-testing)
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,…
Organic GoMacro Kids’ Macrobars (in Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie flavor) test positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Arsenic, and Cadmium. Read the August 2024 lab report here.
Quick summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community with the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 (see detailed explanation below), this product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. For those new to the…
Organic Made Good Soft Baked Mini Cookies (in Double Chocolate flavor) tested positive for an unsafe level of Lead and Cadmium. Here’s the August 2024 lab report.
Summary: When evaluated using the context of the health protective standards (for maximum allowable heavy metal contamination levels) proposed by the medical and scientific community within the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, this food product should not be considered safe for consumption by children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen — and has been…
This product should be illegal. Gimme Organic Roasted Seaweed Snacks in Sea Salt and Avocado Oil flavor test positive for 13,800 ppb Arsenic (plus Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury, too). Read the August 2024 lab report here.
Quick summary: We will be reporting this product to the FDA immediately. The level of Arsenic in this product is unprecedented (the highest by more than two orders of magnitude compared to any other food Lead Safe Mama, LLC has tested so far that tested positive for Arsenic). The levels of Mercury, Cadmium, and…
Annie’s Macaroni & Classic Cheddar (boxed, dry mac and cheese product with organic pasta) tests positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium (a known carcinogen) — August 2024 lab report
Quick summary: Annie’s Macaroni & Classic Cheddar “Made With Organic Pasta” — tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium. Please note the specifics and reasoning related to the levels considered unsafe below, in the “Action Level” section of this article. Please do note that this testing was completed on the dry boxed product….
Boulder Canyon’s Avocado Oil Classic Sea Salt Potato Chips test positive for very high levels of Cadmium (a known carcinogen). Here’s the August 2024 lab report.
Quick summary: The chart above shows where the Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Classic Sea Salt Potato Chips (Canyon Cut) fall related to three other snack chip products we have tested (two potato chip products and one cassava chip product), each of which tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium (unsafe for children, and…
Jovial Organic Brown Rice Pasta (Italy) tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic — August 2024 lab report
Quick summary: The chart above shows where the Jovial Organic Brown Rice pasta falls in relation to six other products we have tested that also tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Of the products on the above chart, the Amara Smoothie Melts have the highest Lead level (many times the Lead level of…
Wonderful Pistachios (plain, shelled, roasted & salted) test positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Here’s the August 2024 lab report.
Quick summary: The chart above shows where the Wonderful Pistachios (roasted, salted, no shells) fall in relation to six other products we have tested that also tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Of these products, the Amara Smoothie Melts have the highest Lead level on this chart (many times the Lead level of…
XRF test results for Public Goods plain white dish — sent by Harmony in Texas
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,…
XRF test results for amber drinking glass with orange butterfly pattern — sent by Karlie in Utah
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,…
XRF test results for Crown Ming Fine China “Princess” pattern dish (Made in China) — sent by Louis in California
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,…
XRF test results for Crown Ming Fine China “Princess” pattern dish (Made in China) — sent by Lisa in Michigan
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,…
XRF test results for Thomas Rosenthal Group Handmade blue swirl plate
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,…
XRF Test Results for Colorful Painted Wooden Blocks (Gnomes/ Elves) — c. Early-1990s (Testing for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic, Titanium, etc.)
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,…
XRF test results for a Pfaltzgraff Christmas Heritage pattern tea cup — c. 1980s -1990s
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,…
XRF test results for a Pfaltzgraff Yorktowne pattern mug — c. 1980s-1990s
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,…
XRF test results for Lynns Stoneware dish (Made in China) with floral edge
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,…
XRF test results for Mikasa Intaglio CAC 29 “Garden Harvest” pattern bowl, purchased in 1995
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,…
XRF test results for Sur La Table (Made in Turkey) white “handcrafted porcelain” bowl (Bistro pattern), purchased in 2023
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,…
XRF test results for Crow Canyon white enameled dish with gray trim, purchased in 2020: 55 ppm Lead & 31 ppm Cadmium on the food surface (safe by all standards)
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,…