09/03/2025
Educate yourself about lead and mercury exposure. From toothpaste to potato chips … excited to have Lead Safe Mama on our radio show and podcast with Dr Brooke Schuessler later this month!
... 9/2/2025 - Tuesday -
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This image is one of 6 images we are sharing tonight - each image showing Mercury test results for lab testing we have conducted on five different toothpaste products (arranged in order of Mercury level, ascending).
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Please scroll through all six images.
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I think we can all agree that Mercury causes harm to humans, even in very small doses.
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Mercury is also exceptionally dangerous when ingested.
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30 of the 60+ toothpastes that we have tested and reported on to date have tested positive for Mercury.
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Note: This testing has been done with independent, third-party (community-funded) laboratory testing.
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We're not suggesting you avoid toothpaste.
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In fact we've identified 7 toothpaste products to date (identified through The Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative) that are safer choices [both fluoride and fluoride-free choices] as they have tested "non-detect" for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic.
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We ARE suggesting that you use this science-based information as a basis to help you make safer choices for your family.
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Why would you choose a Mercury-contaminated toothpaste when you could choose an option that came back from the lab with "non-detect" results for Mercury? For me, choosing "mercury-free" (especially for my kids) is a clear choice.
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For Facebook peeps: here's the link to our Toothpaste Chart landing page, which has links to the full original lab report for each toothpaste product we have tested and reported on to date - including the ones in this image (& also has links the safer choices we have identified):
https://tamararubin.com/2025/01/toothpaste-chart/
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For Instagram Peeps: to find our comparative toothpaste chart (as a clickable link), please click the "lab reports" link in our bio - and then click the button for the toothpaste chart in the toothpaste section of the lab report page.
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Thank you!
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Here also is a good comprehensive article about Mercury exposure:
https://hhs.iowa.gov/health-prevention/providers-professionals/center-acute-disease-epidemiology/epi-manual/environmental-disease/mercury-poisoning
