Updated! Today 3 people have contributed $100 in support of my advocacy work… Can you join them today? Thank you!
I test everything. STFU. Call me if you have questions. 😠

I test everything. STFU. Call me if you have questions. 😠

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). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method…
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,…
Click here to read my recent post that fully discusses the concern for Cadmium found in vintage (1970s-1980s) Legos. Below is the full XRF reading set for the vintage red 4 x 12 Lego® block / panel pictured here (tests are replicable and were done for a minimum of three minutes – 180 seconds): Lead…
Hello all! I am currently on a flight to Southern California (LAX) and will be “in the area” for the next two weeks! [As my home is in Portland, Oregon these days, at this point for me, “southern California” loosely includes pretty much “anywhere south of the San Francisco Bay Area“! lol ;-)] I have time…
Background on my work testing Ikea products since 2009: Since I get so many *Ikea* questions (and since I have long-recommended Ikea as a great general-purpose go-to brand), I decided to purchase some new, current Ikea plates myself, and post their test results here on the blog. With much of what I test and…
I finally know how much advertising income my website can bring in in one year! While it may seem odd to some newcomers to my site that I share my income figures publicly – here’s why I write about my stats periodically (including my income from Amazon affiliate links, advertising and elsewhere): GRATITUDE: Since my…
I donated $100 to your go fund me page the other day. I love what you’re doing and I support you!
Thank you so much for supporting my work Gail! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it! 🙂
It’s tricky – everyone and their brother is encouraging me to put my content behind a paywall and I stand behind my commitment to make sure the information I make available to families is free for everyone. Contributions like yours go a long way towards keeping this information accessible to families without the means to support this work.
I hope you have good holiday season and new year!
Tamara