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Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So which toothpastes should we buy in Europe?

Crest and Sensodyne are named in the article. Oral-B, Colgate and Aim are also owned by American companies. The only other brand I know of is Aquafresh, whose parent company also owns Sensodyne.

[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Parodontax.

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Owned by Haleon, who owns Aquafresh and Sensodyne.

[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Fuck...

[–] PostingInternational@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about Swiss Elmax? Any idea?

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

I'm no toothpaste oracle, I'm just checking wikipedia. It says it's manufactured by swiss company who's owned by Colgate-Palmolive