• Bruja [she/her, love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    Check toothpaste ingredients for:

    • bentonite clay
    • hydroxyapatite
    • calcium carbonate (baking soda)

    Bentonite clay being the worst offender. Tested toothpastes without those 3 all came out with undetectable levels of the heavy metals.

    • ClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 days ago

      What’s wrong with calcium carbonate? I know if you use it by itself it can cause spots that are whiter than others on teeth, but ingesting it in small amounts it isn’t bad I don’t think, I use it for heartburn(as in just baking soda mixed with water, but even the commercial antacid tablets contain calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate) and that is much more than you’d get from toothpaste