Published: May 23, 2024, Thursday Most vintage toys are toxic — metal and painted wood toys are, of course, but many plastic toys are, too. Vintage plastics can test positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic at very high levels — not to mention BPA. I will put links to several examples of…
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…
July 19, 2022 – Tuesday We bought this at a local deli (Flying Elephants) in their gift section. My son absolutely loves this both as a bouncy “ball’ and as a gag. Every time you throw it it bounces off in a different direction (because it is not round) and it really looks and feels…
Published: April 27, 2022 Things like this make me want to SCREAM from the rooftops — or do something really outrageous (go on Instagram in a bikini?) to generate attention so that everyone listens. IF you are reading this PLEASE share this with all of the new parents you know who were born in…
Reading #1) On the brass-colored body of the lock 60-Second Test Lead (Pb): 31,200 +/- 1,000 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 121 +/- 46 ppm Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Iron (Fe): 2,450 +/- 255 ppm Nickel (Ni): 1,382 +/- 180 ppm Copper (Cu): 589,100 +/- 2,400 ppm Zinc (Zn): 372,900 +/- 2,100…
Reading #1) Silver colored shank of lock 60-second test Lead (Pb): non-detect Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): 16,200 +/- 600 ppm Iron (Fe): 29,900 +/- 500 ppm Cobalt (Co): 3,731 +/- 412 ppm Nickel (Ni): 950,000 +/- 1,400 ppm No other metals detected in consumer goods mode. Reading #2) Brass…
XRF Test Results for the keychain pictured 60-second test Lead (Pb): 666,400 +/- 1,100 ppm Cadmium (Cd): non-detect Mercury (Hg): non-detect Bromine (Br): non-detect Chromium (Cr): non-detect Copper (Cu): 6,060 +/- 162 ppm Selenium (Se): 692 +/- 136 ppm Zirconium (Zr): 332 +/- 50 ppm Niobium (Nb): 794 +/- 67 ppm Tin (Sn): 293,700 +/-…
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…
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…
Introduction to Tamara Rubin (for those new to this website!) Tamara Rubin lives in Portland, Oregon and is a child health advocate, author, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons. Her young men are now 24, 18, 15, and 12. She has won multiple national awards for her Lead-poisoning prevention advocacy work (including two from U.S….
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). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a community collaborative…
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Nearly 53,000 Nerf Hasbro Super Soaker toy water guns [sold exclusively at Target] have been recalled for a CPSC Lead content standard violation. Here’s the link to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the standards that were violated by this toy.) The specific violation is that the ink in…
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 testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…
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…