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20th September 2014 14:00
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Beware of the toothpaste you use!!!!!
I found this article interesting for those that are interested in your health. Not only do you need to be aware of fluoride in toothpaste but it appears that at least Crest toothpaste has been adding plastic micro beads to this witches brew. What honest reason could you have for putting friggin plastic in toothpaste?
What a Dental Hygienist Found in Her Patient’s Mouths Forced a Company to Take Action
A dental hygienist from Arizona made quite a strange discovery in the mouths of her patients and spoke up about it. Now, a company is taking action.
Trish Walraven, from Phoenix, started noticing something peculiar a few years ago and started asking some of her colleagues if they noticed it to.
“We thought it was a cleaning product or something that people were chewing,” said Walraven.
Her discovery? Little blue dots that were trapped in the spaces between people’s teeth and gums, and it turns out it was happening to quite a few people.
“Some weeks I’ll see five or six patients,” Walraven told KNXV.
After discussing what they were seeing with other hygienists for some time and trying to figure out what it was they were seeing, Walraven said they got it; it was polyethylene. The same plastic used for more purposes than we can count and is found in everything from trash bags to bulletproof vests.
Now, these plastic microbeads are found in toothpaste, and according dentist Justin Phillip, they shouldn’t be anywhere near your mouth.
“They’ll trap bacteria in the gums which leads to gingivitis, and over time that infection moves from the gum into the bone that holds your teeth, and that becomes periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is scary.”
From what she found, Walraven said that one company seems to use the microbeads more than any others.
“Pretty much everyone was saying that they were using some form of Crest toothpaste,” Walraven explained.
She wants companies to remove the microbeads from their products, and she has started a blog which has gotten attention across the country. One toothpaste manufacturer has actually taken notice and will be making changes in the future.
Proctor and Gamble, who manufactures Crest, said in a statement to ABC15, “While the ingredient in question is completely safe, we understand there is a growing preference for us to remove the ingredient. So we will.”
The company said it will have the majority of its products microbead-free in six months,
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20th September 2014 14:34
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