Here’s The List Of The Top Ten Lead Safe Mama Posts for 2020…

The school district just sent me a formal letter saying I was refusing FAPE (Free and appropriate public education) for my 12 year old disabled son Charlie. Below is my response tonight so far (I just got the letter in an email after I got the kids in to bed). But first here’s the communication…

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 used…

We found a ring and are looking for the owner! On Thursday, August 20, 2020 (at around 5:30 p.m.) my kids were walking around Castle Rock, Colorado (while I was working with a family there) and they stumbled upon the ring pictured in this piece (scroll down for an image of the ring). The other…

#1) Black backmark on dish: Lead (Pb): 12,300 +/- 600 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 91 +/- 52 ppm Arsenic (As): 1,605 +/- 279 ppm Barium (Ba): 2,765 +/- 499 ppm Chromium (Cr): 2,123 +/- 96 ppm  Tin (Sn): 783 +/- 91 ppm Zinc (Zn): 15,600 +/- 700 ppm Nickel (Ni): 159 +/- 55 ppm Iron (Fe):…