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Today there is a one woman campaign against lead in consumer products by Tamara Rubin

Today there is a one woman campaign against lead in consumer products by Tamara Rubin. [1] Unfortunately she doesn't know how to make a professional looking website and doesn't have a degree as a doctor (which would be of no value in her endeavor- operating an XRF tester and posting the results). She is however trained and certified in performing XRF tests and has probably done more XRF testing of consumer products than any other human being. Her testing has been verified independently when the CPI initiated recalls of for example baby bottles after her initial reporting. I found her information after one of my children tested high for lead levels even though there are no lead paint issues in our neighborhood. The highest risk for severe lead contamination is still things from our past. Painting can still be dangerous- some houses still have original lead paint that has been painted on top of or they could have a deck that was painted with marine paint (which is still allowed to have lead). Another higher risk level is antique dishware. …

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Wow! This is a great website. And it looks fine. And she replies in the comments. Sad quote: > If you look above in this article there is a list of 49 things we have tested so far (49/245 published articles, and that is going to bump to 55 this week) that have all tested safe by the strictest standards – that’s about 20%. https://tamararubin.com/2025/01/daves-killer-bread-thin-slic...

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I think the site UX is more a feature than a bug (though probably unintentional, regardless). If she had some super-slick SPA website that looked like a million bucks, I'd wonder where her funding was coming from. Whether it's true or not, this looks much more like someone who doesn't really know what they're doing just threw the site up to get the message out and cover her costs w/ some affiliate sales. I'm inclined to trust this more than something more "professional."

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> some houses still have original lead paint that has been painted on top of I was under the impression that various governmental safety bodies said that was safe so long as it remained undisturbed?

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