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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals

Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds


Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal

Tom Perkins
Thu 17 Apr 2025 09.08 EDT

Toothpaste can be widely contaminated with lead and other dangerous heavy metals, new research shows.

Most of 51 brands of toothpaste tested for lead contained the dangerous heavy metal, including those for children, or marketed as green. The testing, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, also found concerning levels of highly toxic arsenic, mercury and cadmium in many brands.

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Among those found to contain the toxins were Crest, Sensodyne, Tom’s of Maine, Dr Bronner’s, Davids, Dr Jen and others.

So far, none of the companies Lead Safe Mama checked have said they will work to get lead out of their product, Rubin said. Several sent her cease-and-desist letters, which she said she ignored, but also posted on her blog.

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The state of Washington recently enacted a law with 1,000 ppb limits – several exceeded that and have been reported, Rubin said, but companies have time to get in compliance with the new rules.

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(Consider baking soda or salt.)