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 ...
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Hey there — I just figured it out! An opportunity for 10 (2!) people to make a difference and get their stuff tested!
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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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All the things my family bought for my son Charlie’s 13th birthday next week! My BABY will be 13 July 15, 2021!
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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 ...
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I have one favorite new thing I would not have bought if it weren’t for the pandemic. It’s made of plant based fibers and is dye free & scent free!
Saturday - July 10, 2021
Since the pandemic started I probably bought a lot of crap I did not need.
I'll be writing a separate post about the WORST pandemic purchases I made and will link that here as soon as it is published. I bought a ton of non-perishable food (for instance) and it's ...
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My son made this two-second video loop of footage from my February 2016 presentation with Bernie Sanders. I think it’s so funny!
Turn your sound on! ;-)
I think I'm going to have to use this cute little video loop my son made (YouTube version below) to accompany a post when I have something really important to share in the future! It's an 11 second loop of a two second clip in which Bernie says "Tamara wanted to say ...
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1986 G1 Baby Gusty My Little Pony Doll with beddy bye eyes: 10,200 ppm Lead (not safe for kids by today’s 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 ...
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1986 G1 Baby Sleepy Pie My Little Pony Doll with beddy-bye eyes: 13,700 ppm Lead. Not safe for kids by today’s standards.
July 5, 2021 — Monday
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 ...
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July 15 is my son Charlie’s 13th Birthday – could you do me a personal favor to surprise him?
July 5, 2021 - Monday
My almost-13-year-old son Charlie (who has developmental disabilities - likely significantly impacted by in-utero Lead exposure) just started his own YouTube channel! He turns 13 in just ten days - on July 15th!
Because of the pandemic and his disabilities (and being ...
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How soon after exposure is Lead detectable in my child’s blood? What is the “half-life” of Lead in the bloodstream? How long does Lead stay in the body?
Here's a link from the CDC with some info on this topic
A quote from the above-linked article: "Lead is cleared from the blood and soft tissues with a half-life of 1 to 2 months and more slowly from the skeleton, with a half-life of years to decades."
#1.) How soon after exposure is Lead ...
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Lobster clasps on necklaces often have unsafe levels of Lead — this is concerning, as kids often put their necklace chain in their mouth.
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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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I’m concerned my child may have just inhaled potentially Leaded fireworks fumes. What should I do?
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A 49 second clip from the opening of my documentary film on childhood Lead poisoning.
This is less than a minute of footage from the opening sequence of my documentary film on childhood Lead-poisoning (MisLEAD: America's Secret Epidemic). The soundtrack for this scene is a montage of actual phone messages that I received from parents, as far back as 2011 - 2012. [Please watch with ...
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a scene from my film
This is a scene from my film; it is about four minutes long.
While this is not exactly what a home consultation with me is like today - in 2021 - (this scene was filmed in April of 2012, and it was the very first time I brought an XRF instrument to someone's home to try to help them!), it is a ...
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