A shocking study reveals that over 90% of toothpaste brands are contaminated with deadly toxins, including heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium.
This alarming discovery exposes significant risks in everyday dental care products, raising urgent concerns about consumer safety.
The investigation, led by the advocacy group Lead Safe Mama (LSM), tested 51 popular toothpaste brands and found widespread contamination.
Lead was detected in nearly all samples, with many brands also containing other hazardous substances such as arsenic and mercury.
These findings highlight the pervasive presence of toxic heavy metals in products used daily by millions, including vulnerable populations like children.
Naturalnews.com reports: LSM founder Tamara Rubin spearheaded the probe 12 years ago after noticing a pattern of elevated blood lead levels in children she was working with. The common factor? A brand of toothpaste called Earthpaste.
Armed with an XRF lead detection tool, Rubin expanded her testing to include a variety of popular toothpaste brands – and what she discovered was alarming.
Ninety percent of the toothpastes contained lead, 65% had arsenic, nearly half contained mercury and one-third were contaminated with cadmium.
Among the brands found to contain these toxins were well-known names like Crest, Sensodyne, Tom’s of Maine, Dr. Bronner’s, Davids and Dr. Jen.
The highest levels of contamination were found in toothpastes containing bentonite clay, a common ingredient used for its purported cleaning properties.
Hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate, other common additives, also showed concerning levels of heavy metals. The findings are particularly troubling given the lack of stringent regulations governing heavy metal content in toothpaste.
While the FDA allows up to 10,000 parts per billion (ppb) of lead in fluoride-free toothpaste and 20,000 ppb in fluoride varieties, these limits are significantly higher than those set by public health advocates.
The state of Washington, for instance, has enacted a law limiting lead in toothpaste to 1,000 ppb, a threshold that several of the tested brands exceeded.
Despite the findings, most companies have not committed to removing lead and other heavy metals from their products.
Some have defended their products by arguing that trace amounts of lead are unavoidable due to environmental exposure, while others have dismissed the detected levels as insignificant.
Rubin said several companies even sent her cease-and-desist letters, which she ignored and posted on her blog.
                     Heavy metals can cause a range of health problems
Lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic are all known carcinogens and can cause a range of health problems. Lead, in particular, is a potent neurotoxin that can cause cognitive damage in children, harm the kidneys and lead to heart disease.
Mercury can damage the nervous system and kidneys, while cadmium is linked to kidney damage and cancer. Arsenic is a known carcinogen that can cause skin, lung and bladder cancer.
The contamination of children’s toothpaste is particularly concerning. Children’s bodies are more vulnerable to the effects of heavy metals, and they are more likely to inadvertently swallow toothpaste while brushing.
Tom’s of Maine Kid’s Natural Fluoride-Free Toothpaste, for example, was found to contain 240 ppb of lead – 48 times higher than the proposed safe action level for children’s products.
Several children’s toothpastes, such as Dr. Brown’s Baby Toothpaste, did not test positive for any metals, indicating that safe alternatives are available. However, the lack of stringent regulations means that many children’s toothpastes on the market may still pose a risk.
The findings of the LSM investigation highlight a critical need for stricter regulations and greater transparency in the toothpaste industry.
While daily brushing of teeth is essential for maintaining oral health, the presence of heavy metals in toothpaste poses a hidden threat that could have serious health consequences.
Consumers deserve to know that the products they use daily are safe, and it is the responsibility of both manufacturers and regulators to ensure that this is the case.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
They poison EVERYTHING.
Crimes against humanity & nature demand the death penalty. And may it happen soon to all involved.
Do they deserve anything really? What have they done? Complied with serial killers? Been accessories to genocides depopulation’s deforestation, extinction of species, pollution or airways rivers lakes oceans, drug racketeering money laundering thefts and ghoulish promotion of horror stories and occt practices?
Most of America’s products come from China.
In the past they have sold us poisonous milk, pet food, and metals in the paint used on drinking glasses. 90% of pharma drugs, and vitamins come from China, so expect poison in those, too.
Does that include Colgate Total which is on one of the USA based websites “dangerous” toothpastes lists ? -Colgate is a very well known USA company there happens to be an online website that lists where things are made -sorry LA Colgate toothpaste is 100 % American -made in New Jersey-Tennessee -Ohio-South Carolina . What about Chicken,s in the USA ? Donald is trying to sell his “chemical chickens ” to the UK -they have to be washed in chlorine as the chickens are raised in highly unhygienic surroundings – the EU has banned them and ask yourself why dont… Read more »
Colgate is loaded with Fluoride, the main ingredient for rat poison. Once a doctor told me to use Listerine to get rid of a mild mouth infection, resulting in a major infection, for which I needed a antibiotics to get rid of the problem.
All our food is poisoned with whatever the elite can poison us with.
Commercial chicken farms also must use poison to kill lice, which enters through the hard outer layer and also poison the consumer.
Your right as far as mouth washes are concerned taking Listerine actually kills the friendly bacteria that protects you especially when kissing , I have never used it . I looked at my toothpaste but none of the ingredients contain Fluoride but our national water supply contains fluoride as a preventative measure against tooth decay–I myself don’t drink tap water but a Scottish highland spring water called “Highland Spring ” its from land in Scotland not contaminated by farming chemicals and has been certified pure by various “Green organisations ” it runs from mountains that are not farmed . At… Read more »
A common question is whether a chicken could hatch from an egg purchased at the grocery store. No, this isn’t possible. For a chicken to develop from an egg, it must be fertilized.
Your right but also putting them in a fridge would kill any embryo.