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-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkToothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research findswww.theguardian.comWahots@pawb.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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-up6arrow-down1·edit-210 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-up2·10 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…