Wahots@pawb.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoToothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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Tests here: https://tamararubin.com/2025/01/toothpaste-chart/ Your best bets for fluoridated toothpastes are probably sensodyne, unless you can find these more obscure brands. I hope they continue to test more adult pastes!
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-29 days agoDepends on which snopes page you look at. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vintage-pyrex-contains-unsafe-levels-of-lead/ While it’s entirely possible that some toothpaste brands contain lead, I’ll wait until an independent test laboratory confirms this before I worry about it.
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI would say it’s not a stretch to bet that Crest and Colgate are at the forefront of issues…
Depends on which snopes page you look at.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vintage-pyrex-contains-unsafe-levels-of-lead/
While it’s entirely possible that some toothpaste brands contain lead, I’ll wait until an independent test laboratory confirms this before I worry about it.
I would say it’s not a stretch to bet that Crest and Colgate are at the forefront of issues…