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The latest Lead Safe Mama Interview: TheKitchn.com
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XRF Test Results for 1978 Sears, Roebuck And Co. Merry Mushroom Canister (Made in Mexico).
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For those who would like to support the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC with a financial contribution –
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Fact Check: Is the Lead in Bentonite Clay bioavailable?
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Quick Note Re: Lead Safe Mama’s Best July Ever
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XRF test results for turquoise glazed Sweese “Lead-Free” ceramic dish — sent in by Joseph in Florida
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XRF test results for Ivory (light yellow) glazed Fiesta HLC pottery bowl (Made in USA) — sent in by
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XRF test results for pink and white glazed Gerald Henn Workshops Spongeware pottery dish (Made in Ro
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XRF test results for white glazed Roscher Bone China dish (Made in China) — sent in by Savannah in C
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XRF test results for white (glass?) Corning Centura April pattern saucer with multi-color tulips — s
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XRF test results for Portmeirion highball glass with “Sweet Pea” floral design — sent in by Shelly i
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XRF test results for Franconia Silver Thistle pattern (K & A Krautheim, Selb Bavaria Germany) china
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Today’s Newsletter (7/17/2023): Amazon Income to Date… More Giveaway Winners! … & More Consumer Good
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XRF test results for Contemporary Chateau hand-painted, “Made in Japan” stoneware dish sent in by Vi
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XRF test results for 1996 Royal Doulton/ Doulton Everyday Jacobean pattern porcelain bowl sent in by
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IF you are shopping on Amazon today … (July 2023)
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2023 NYC Subway PSA Campaign: NUK Glass Baby Bottle With Blue & White Paper Airplane Design
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2023 NYC Subway PSA Campaign: Additional Ideas
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2023 NYC Subway PSA Campaign: Green Sprouts iPlay Sippy Cup (Glass & Plastic)
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#NotLeadRelated: My husband was “saved” by some sheep after he took a spill in the mountains on Cret
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Full XRF Test Results for Morrocco Method Brand “100% Natural” Amla Pure Botanical Color Enhancer (F
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Today’s Newsletter: NYC Subway PSA Campaign Update, May 13, 2023, Saturday
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Charlie Rubin (age 14) “Fashion Influencer” — written in response to folks asking me about my son Ch
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Soil sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Kansas (XRF test results, May 2023)
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Soil sent in by a Lead Safe Mama reader from Omaha, Nebraska (XRF test results, May 2023)
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Full XRF Test Results for Thomas Rosenthal Group China, Made in Germany
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Premiere Dura Stone “Hurrah” pattern dishes, Made in Japan (tested for an LSM Instagram follower): p
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Green, Red & Blue Denby Mug, Made in England (sent in by Claire in MO): 145 ppm Lead (on interior gl
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Green Floral Denby Pattern, Made in England (sent in by Claire in MO): 346 ppm Lead on the food surf
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Tested for a Lead Safe Mama Instagram follower, Franciscan “Picnic” pattern dish, Made in USA: 108,3
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2003 Brown & Cream Denby Pattern, Made in England (sent in by Michelle in NC): safe by all standards
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Last year I called Williams Sonoma out, yet again, for making & selling Lead-contaminated dishes. Th
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This Month Sucks: A Giveaway, April 2023
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Soil from Exton, Pennsylvania (XRF test results, April 2023)
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Click to chip in & support Lead Safe Mama’s independent consumer goods testing & unbiased reporting
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Press Release: Second Lead Safe Mama, LLC Initiated Product Recall in 2023 — CUPKIN children’s cups
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Now booking consultations and outreach events for Lead Poisoning Prevention Month (October 2023!)
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February 2023 Yahoo News piece covering the stories of three Lead Safe Mama community families
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Bindle Bottle Recalled for Lead Poisoning Risk (Covered by Consumer Reports) — February 17, 2023
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This is what #LeadPoisoning looks like.
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People are always asking me for the “independent third-party testing” that confirms my test results…
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_03_2023 — Reporting Bare Lead “Sealing Dot” Found i
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_02_2023 — Reporting Illegal Levels of Lead Found in
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The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC is featured in the March 2023 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine!
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s CPSC Violation Report: LSM_01_2023 — Reporting Unsafe Levels of Lead found in
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Testing crystal for Lead using a LeadCheck swab (not recommended) — video
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Lead Safe Mama Zoom Chat #2 of 2023 – Sunday, January 15th
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The first Lead Safe Mama FREE, PUBLIC chat of 2023! 1 Hour & 40 minute zoom session with Lead Safe M
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Don’t Panic — these Lead test kits DO. NOT. WORK. (You might as well tear-up your money and throw it
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More Lead Safe Mama Lead-free favorites: water bottles I have purchased for my family
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s 2023 Goals!
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Tamara, how were your kids poisoned?
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Tips for Navigating This Website
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Demand EWG remove Lead-contaminated products from their site (here’s a letter template you can use)!
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My informational graphic responding to the chocolate manufacturers’ misinformation campaign — the Le
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The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC was highlighted in The Guardian this month – December 2022!
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Press Release: Another 2022 product recall (for a Leaded children’s product) initiated by Lead Safe
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And the Third Place Winner in The Most Amazing Wonderful Incredible Awesome Lead Safe Mama SECOND AN
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The work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC was highlighted in The Daily Mail last month! (I just found out!)
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Lead Safe Mama Initiated CPSC Recall for Lead Painted Baby Bottles Made by NUK
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The NPR story from July (mentioning the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC) was nationally syndicated today
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A little something to celebrate (sort of). The Lead Safe Mama, LLC team was responsible for a produc
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Have questions about Lead? Childhood Lead poisoning? Adult Lead exposure? Start Here!
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WHY I do the consumer goods testing I do (& WHY, unfortunately, you cannot do this at home)…
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I created a new graphic for people to use to share about the concerns for Lead in vintage Corelle pi
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Please stop using vintage Pyrex glassware for cooking & serving food — it’s often coated with high-L
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(Video) Some companies NEVER learn! Redmond BABY POWDER positive for Lead at levels that are unsafe
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KitchenAid Whisk Attachment For Stand Mixer (with burnished top knob): 138 ppm Lead (typical for Lea
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Caraway “cookware without the chemicals” positive for 20 metals, including Lead, Mercury, Cobalt & A
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Ways to support the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC
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Ask Tamara personally all the questions you want for a low monthly contribution in support of the wo
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How soon after exposure is Lead detectable in my child’s blood? What is the “half-life” of Lead in t
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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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But is this dish or toy or lamp or vitamin or piece of jewelry (or Tibetan brass singing bowl!) ACTU
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We created a shopping only site: ShopLeadSafeMama.com! No Ads, No Stories, Just Lead-free stuff!
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What kind of business is Lead Safe Mama, LLC?
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Q. I want to buy some nontoxic cookware, which pots & pans are the safest for cooking? Which pots &
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Green Pan: Lead-free (although I don’t recommend it!) Aluminum substrate tests positive for trace le
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Glass milk bottles from Oregon to Maine have Lead painted markings. This example from New Hampshire
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“Lead-Free/Toxic Metals-Free” Always Pan tests positive for Lead, Chromium, Titanium, Cobalt & 14 ot
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Fisher Price recommends not letting kids play with these vintage toys (using them as decor only). Th
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A reporter asked me this question yesterday: “Why aren’t children getting tested for Lead?” Here’s m
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Hello! I’m here to ruin Christmas for you! Do you know how toxic your Christmas decorations are?
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Vintage Made-In-U.S.A. Jadeite green Fire-King small glass bowl: 20 ppm Lead (safe by all standards)
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Vintage dining table w/ faux-wood surface: tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Antimony! Do
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Vintage Royal Doulton Bunnykins baby bowl with raft design: 93,600 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe f
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Vintage Royal Doulton Bunnykins dishes are not safe for children to use. This dish tested positive f
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400 ml Pyrex (made in Germany) beaker painted with LEAD PAINT! 22,300 ppm Lead. 5000 ppm & up is off
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Do you (or your grandma) have kitchen counters like this? If so they may test positive for unsafe le
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This is what a Leaded sealing dot looks like on a stainless steel water bottle. Please read the full
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Faux 1922 Peace silver dollar with skeleton head: 1,639 ppm Arsenic. Please don’t use collectable co
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“If the Lead is only on the OUTSIDE (… of my dish, measuring cup, mixing bowl, etc.) why does it mat
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How the Lead industry deliberately utilized systemic racism to deflect blame for poisoning generatio
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1976 Bunnykins bowl: 59,000 ppm Lead. Anything above 90 ppm Lead is illegal in items made today for
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Yes, I do phone consultations (and video conferences and video speaking engagements)!
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Vintage clear glass small Pyrex casserole: 866 +/- 61 ppm Arsenic (this is the first time I have fou
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Tamara’s Favorite Things – Duralex clear glass “Cosy” coffee mug: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-f
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I don’t do what I do to instill fear. I do what I do to educate, so YOU can make informed choices fo
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It’s not just paint! Stain can have Lead too! Interior 1905 door: 987 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kid
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List of stores I won’t shop at because they recently sold things with Lead or still sell things with
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Folks have been asking if Lead in vintage books is a real poisoning concern. Here’s my response.
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I Live in San Francisco. My neighbors are illegally and unsafely working on a Lead painted house. Wh
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Paparazzi “stone” ring: Lead-free & “Nickel-free”, as advertised…BUT: 265,300 ppm CADMIUM! Cadmium c
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Corelle® recommends using their pre-2005 dishes as “decorative pieces” due to concerns for high leve
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Stop using your vintage Tupperware NOW. These measuring cups are positive for 2,103 ppm Lead + 250 p
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At 351,400 ppm Lead, this glass is likely the source of a boy’s mysterious poisoning. 90 ppm+ is ill
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Vintage Corelle Butterfly Gold glass plate: 18,700 ppm Lead on the decorative pattern when tested wi
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Vintage (1972-1988) Corning Spice-o-Life Casserole: 26,500 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe) & 236 ppm Cd
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What should I do with my Lead-contaminated dishes? To toss or not to toss?
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Ask Tamara: What Dishes do you use in Your Home? Which dishes don’t have Lead? Which dishes are Lead
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Vintage Pyrex Spring Blossom Green Crazy Daisy Mixing Bowls: 109,900 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe) + Cadmi
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I just found out my child is poisoned, what should I do?
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What are the symptoms of Lead poisoning? In adults? In children?
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Nasty old (2003?) Tempurpedic pillow positive for LEAD: 5,261 ppm & ANTIMONY: 232 ppm! What are you
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How can I tell if the paint on my home is Lead paint? Read this post for close-up images of this Lea
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What does peeling Lead paint look like? How can I tell if peeling paint is Lead paint? – Rural Penns
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1983 Pizza Hut Care Bear “Grumpy Bear” glass: 122,900 ppm Lead when tested with an XRF instrument. 9
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National Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cancer Awareness Key: 11,800 ppm Lead [90 ppm and up is uns
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Another reason to avoid vintage toys — toy triceratops: 6,298 ppm Lead. This would be illegal if mad
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Can I send in one of my dishes (or other items) to test for Lead? Yes, maybe — but read this first!
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Did you get this booklet when you moved in to your pre-1978 rental? Your landlord could be fined $16
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Click the link to learn more! [Wait, what? Is this click bait? What are you selling?]
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1995 Franciscan Desert Rose China, Made in England: 47,800 ppm Lead on the food surface! 90 is unsaf
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Written on my youngest son’s 11th birthday (July 2019): read the story of how Lead impacted his birt
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#AskTamara: Q. Which crock pots do you recommend? & Q. Which slow cookers are Lead-free?
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Crate & Barrel (Thailand) Floral Dish: 92,200 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe in newly manufactured items
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Some vintage Legos® test positive for high level of a known carcinogen. Can I tell if my Legos® are
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c. 1996 Mickey Mouse McDonald’s Disney World 25th Anniversary Glass: 73,300 ppm Lead + 1,855 ppm Cad
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The “Sugar Packet-Football Field” Illustration: How much Lead in dust does it take to poison a child
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Kitchen table positive for 1,400 ppm Lead, yet overlooked by an inspector as an exposure source for
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Does your business (or school, or doctor, or church?) want 2 host a Lead Safe Mama event? Click 4 in
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Blood Lead Testing: Please get everyone in the family tested, since you have been living in a house
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Does your baby’s cup have toxic heavy metals in it? This enamelware “baby cup” tested positive for 1
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Tamara’s Toxic Dishes Guide: “Do my dishes have Lead?” Read this post to see if YOUR china has Lead!
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Tamara, can you come to my home and make sure my stuff is safe for my family?
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Should I be worried about the possibility of lead in the sandbox toys at my child’s school? [Vintage
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#AskTamara: Are my kids’ crayons toxic? Which brand of crayons is safe? Crayola? Filana? Stockmar? H
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Ceramcor Xtrema “Metals-Free” Saucepan Positive For Lead, Cadmium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel, Chromium an
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#AskTamara: What is Carbon Steel? (Morakniv, Made in Sweden Carving Knife)
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#AskTamara: What is stainless steel? (This U.S.A. made Lead-free hose has all stainless steel hardwa
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Maybe Grandma Can Keep Her Vintage Faux Pearls?: 295,900 ppm Lead [90 & up is unsafe in items kids u
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Are you contaminating your garden’s soil? Chicken Wire: 2,201 ppm Lead, 30 ppm Cadmium. Click & read
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Late-1990s Spice Islands Spice Jar Lid: 8,000 ppm Lead. Maybe this is a good time to get rid of thos
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Very well written article: Surprising Danger of Bentonite Clay…
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Scientific Study: Potential Hazard of Lead in Decorated Glassware
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I was really sad when (in 2014) I discovered that this antique maple syrup bucket was positive for 1
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Vintage Vinyl Measuring Tape (for Sewing): 19,900 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]
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#SaferChoices – Casserole Dishes: “How do I choose a Lead-free casserole dish?” [including FIVE Lead
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Dr. Mercola “Metals Free” Frying Pan: 14,900 ppm Lead. Check out the 140+ comments on this one, too!
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My Clorox Wipes Video or “How to clean up Lead dust.” – A short video by Lead Safe Mama, Tamara Rubi
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Every Spring the City of Portland, Oregon water bill includes a warning notice about Lead in the wat
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San Pellegrino Water Bottle: 116 ppm Lead in the green glass, 90 is unsafe in items used by kids. Pl
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#LeadPaintedSchoolYards: Portland, Oregon
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Read this post to learn what I have done at my home to make sure my urban yard and garden are Lead-s
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Bentonite clay (a primary Earthpaste toothpaste ingredient) has unsafe levels of Lead. Earthpaste’s
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Ask Tamara: Q. Can I test my dishes for lead with a LeadCheck swab? A. Sometimes, but not always. (C
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KitchenAid Mixer Attachments [c. 2014]: as high as 2,434 ppm Lead [For context: 90 ppm Lead is unsaf
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Typical American house key: 12,800 ppm Lead. 90 ppm is unsafe. Don’t let kids (especially babies) pl
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If a doctor says your baby’s Blood Lead Level is “normal” – get a new doctor. There’s no “NORMAL” le
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My favorite article ever, about the impact of low-level lead exposure
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#AskTamara: What do you use to test for Lead? Can I do this myself at home? How much does it cost?
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#AskTamara: The inspector is coming tomorrow, what do I need to know?
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A Dad’s Perspective: Autism vs. Lead Poisoning
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Ask Tamara: My parents said they used these vintage items their whole life & I shouldn’t worry. ‘You
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Q: I found lead-paint in my home. Now what?
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#AskTamara: Can I infer my child’s Blood Lead Level (BLL) by testing myself?
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Q: Renting a 1950’s House…
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Lead in Antiques & Christmas Lights (& Stained Glass Windows & Antique Print Trays) – a video.
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A letter to a legal firm: looking for help resolving the issue of misinformation with (and mislabeli
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Just like Primal Life Organics, and Earthpaste, VanMan’s Miracle Toothpowder also tests positive for
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC Rates for Consulting With Law Firms
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Just popping in here today to say July 2023 is officially the BEST JULY EVER for reach and readershi
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A Lead-free replacement for your Lead-contaminated Cupkin cup…
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC responsible for recall of 346,000 Lead-contaminated children’s cups (sold as “Le
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