Toothpaste Alert

Published on April 18, 2005 By foreverserenity In Current Events

As anyone heard about this? Now there's a cancer alert about toothpaste because of a chemical used in it, triclosan. It reacts with water to produce chloroform gas which after long term use and exposure will cause problems. This is a British website but a lot of the products mentioned are also used here in the US.

The products Triclosan is in are:
Dentyl mouthwash
Colgate Total fresh stripe
Colgate Total
Sensodyne Total Care
Tesco own brand toothpaste
Mentadent P; Aquafresh

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Comments

Danny Bassette

on Apr 18, 2005

Wow, I knew there was a reason I didn't use toothpaste, but figured it was because it tasted icky and not cancer causing.

foreverserenity

on Apr 18, 2005

but figured it was because it tasted icky and not cancer causing.

I know what you mean. It's aways tasted so bad to me too. And lately the new ones, which I've tried a few of, have really tasted horrible!

Reiki-House

on Apr 18, 2005

Interesting they wouldn't take the time to research the toothpaste ingredients' chemical reaction when it comes into contact with water. Or did they? *dramatic music burst DA DAAAAA DA*

foreverserenity

on Apr 18, 2005

Interesting they wouldn't take the time to research the toothpaste ingredients' chemical reaction when it comes into contact with

Good question. You would think they certainly should have if they didn't! [more music - dum de dum dum!!]

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