Did you know that many toothpastes today contain an ingredient that is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic? This product is also a waste ingredient of the fertilizer industry, a rat poison, and is used industrially as an insecticide for ants and roaches? It’s name? Fluoride.
Fluoride is an insidious poison similar to cyanide, harmful, toxic and cumulative in its effects, even when ingested in minimal amounts. The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology has classified fluoride as am ‘unapproved dental medicament’ due to its high toxicity. In a 1997 survey done with the help of toothpaste manufacturers and the American Dental Association, it was found that an average person who brushes his/her teeth with a pea-sized (1 gram) amount of fluoridated toothpaste, ingests between 0.3 and 0.4mg of fluoride each time they brush their teeth. This means that you receive nearly half your daily tolerable limit of fluoride just by brushing your teeth once daily, without taking into account the numerous other possible sources.
The use of ‘sodium monofluorophosphate’ (SMLP) or ‘sodium fluoride’ added in toothpastes to prevent tooth decay is also controversial because of suggestive evidence of its carcinogenicity.
According to some reports, fluoride can transform normal cells into cancer cells. Research done by a former Chief Chemist of the US National Cancer Institute (reported in the mid-90s) has also found that 10,000 or more fluoridation-linked cancer deaths occurred yearly in the US.
Because fluoride can be absorbed through the gums, and because children under 7 swallow 50% of the toothpaste used when brushing, and since fluoride is also present in water and in many other products (mouth wash), we might be further risking cancer when we use fluoridated toothpastes. (Source: CAP Guide Cancer Causing Chemicals in Cosmetics & Daily Use Products)
Check your toothpaste. Does it contain fluoride, carcinogenic and potentially carcinogenic chemicals such as saccharin, SLS, titanium dioxide, PEG ingredients? If yes, consider for the sake of your family and children switching to a natural toothpaste.
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