Published on: 2025-08-18 17:00:56
Image by Getty / Futurism Developments Alarming new research has found that toothpastes are often contaminated with lead and other heavy metals. In tests conducted by the lead safety activist Tamara Rubin, who runs the website Lead Safe Mama, 90 percent of the 51 examined brands were found to contain the toxic metal — in some cases at levels exceeding a state safety limit, The Guardian reports. A number of household names feature unflatteringly, including Crest Regular toothpaste, Colgate Tot
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