Tag: lead
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Starbucks Mug: the gift of carcinogens for Christmas.
High Levels of Cadmium a known carcinogen has been detected on the 2019 Edition of Starbucks Christmas Mug. As we enjoy this holiday mug manufactured in China, we are unknowingly poisoning ourselves. This fact wasn’t discovered by our protective government agencies but an advocate mother whose mission is to make us aware of the dangers…
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Sippy Cup Tested for Astronomical Amounts of Lead and Cadmium
90 ppm is the legal limit for lead in items to be used by children. This child’s sippy cup was tested at 5000 ppm for lead in the painted markings and is still being sold on Amazon. This case is especially egregious as the company is denying the jars have Lead (in correspondence with customers…
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Toxic Heavy Metals Found in Organic Chocolate
A study by As You Sow found levels of cadmium and lead, two toxic heavy metals, in 45 of 70 chocolate bar samples (including some organic brands) at levels higher than what is considered to be safe in drinking water. While you would have to eat an enormous amount of chocolate to be affected, if…
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Lead Contaminated Water: Boise Schools test 100 times the limit set by the EPA
Local News reports that 23 schools in the Boise area have a water faucets exposing students to elevated levels of lead. Lead is toxic, and if it makes its way into the still-developing brains of young children, many of the effects can be permanent. Lead can change how signals are passed within the brain, how…
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Our kids vaccines contaminated with LEAD
ITALIAN SCIENTISTS FIND UNEXPECTED CONTAMINANTS IN ALL PEDIATRIC VACCINES, INCLUDING LEAD, STAINLESS STEEL, TUNGSTEN, IRON, AND CHROMIUM New Quality-Control Investigations on Vaccines: Micro- and Nanocontamination International Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination, January 2017, Dr. Antonietta M. Gatti, Stefano Montanari Summary: Scientists found contaminants in all vaccines that are not listed on the label of the…
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Advocates Petition FDA: Remove Neurotoxin from Hairdye
WASHINGTON — A group of public health advocates today announced that the Food and Drug Administration will consider removing its approval of lead acetate in hair dyes such as Grecian Formula. The group filed a joint petition that requires FDA to revisit a 1980 decision allowing the neurotoxin and carcinogen to remain in hair dye.…
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Lead and Lipstick: Shades of Darkness
Coloring our puckers can come at a high cost – luxury-branded lipsticks aside. It’s the health cost that is causing more women concern as they think before they don the latest shades from global beauty brands. A Food and Drug Administration study from 2012 showed that several hundred lipsticks from 20 popular brands all contained…