Is this true about some tooth paste is bad for our kids?

The Dangers of Toothpaste





Warning: The Drugs in Your Toothpaste Can Affect Your Health


By Flora Stay, D.D.S.


NewsTarget.com, January 18, 2008


Straight to the Source








One of the fastest ways to absorb anything into the body is through the mouth. Drugs such as nitroglycerine for heart conditions and natural homeopathic remedies are given under the tongue for fast absorption. Your daily routine of brushing your teeth with your favorite toothpaste may also be delivering a daily dose of antibiotics or other potentially toxic ingredients, without you realizing it.





Most people, even dentists and dental hygienists, don't realize there is a warning on the back of most toothpastes (including many from health food stores). The warning is mandated by the FDA for active ingredients that are drug based. The most common ones are fluoride, antibiotics and other drugs used to prevent cavities, tartar or teeth sensitivity.





Even children's toothpaste has a warning to "keep out of reach of children under the age of six. If more than used for brushing is swallowed, contact the poison control center or your physician". If a child under the age of six swallows half a tube of the sparkly, bright colored toothpaste that tastes like bubble gum and contains fluoride, the result could virtually be deadly.





Besides fluoride and the potential for poisoning your child if large amounts are swallowed, most toothpaste contain saccharin and many other artificial additives. Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is another ingredient to stay away from. Studies have reported there's a potential for flare-ups of canker sores with SLS. Instead of choosing one of these types of commercial toothpastes for your child or you, providing your family with nutritious meals and brushing with "common sense" toothpaste, without potentially toxic ingredients, is much safer.





In recent years we've been hearing about the alarming increase of superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphlycoccus aureas (MRSA). The CDC and other studies list one cause for the rise of these antibiotic resistant bacteria to the general overuse of antibiotics. This overuse is not always in the form of a pill. You may be absorbing a small amount of an antimicrobial drug through your personal products as well.





Many brands of toothpastes, deodorants, shampoos, and soaps contain antibiotics, antimicrobials and strong disinfecting detergents. Triclosan, acetylpyridium chloride and tea tree oil are commonly used ones. Although natural, tea tree oil is a strong anti-fungal and antibiotic better suited for conditions such as athlete's foot than in your moisturizer.





Antibiotics should only be prescribed if you have a serious infection. Informed consumers make wise buying decisions that aren't based on pretty packages. Read, research and choose wisely for you and your family.





For more information, visit (www.drstay.com) .





About the author


Flora Stay, D.D.S. has been a practicing dentist for over 30 years. She is the author and contributing author to books as well as magazines such as Total Health, Prevention, Men's Health and others. She is currently an Associate Professor at U.S.C. School of Dentistry Dept. of Diagnostic Sciences. Visit her website for a free e-book "Product Labels: a cautionary tale" at www.cleure.com

Is this true about some tooth paste is bad for our kids?
Yes it is very true......only wish we could have learned this years ago. Thanks for sharing the information.
Reply:It is all very true. Toothpastes, shampoos, lotions, deodorants - All of the conventional hygiene regimen is loaded full of carcinogenic compounds and parabens which are extremely toxic. Consider the fact that every product you put on your skin, and in your mouth contains small amounts of the toxic compounds. It all adds up.


Spend the extra dollar on natural or organic products with twice the effectiveness and zero health concern.
Reply:wow i dint know that





but i did resurce and yea it is true
Reply:Many dangers to Fluoride use. Fluoride is a by product and pollutant. 90% of Thyroid problems are caused by Fluoride in drinking water and toothpaste I.e. Crest, Colgate. Florine (element/mineral) is essential, which means you get diseases when it's missing. Fluoride eats the enamel off of our teeth, which leaves you to risk of protecting your teeth. We shouldn't "wonder" when we strip our children's teeth of their enamel, and by the age of 14 they wind up with cavities... There are Fluoride-less toothpastes out there, although they might be a dollar more. My family uses "Tom's of Maine."
Reply:Thanks for more info on this subject. THis is very true and there is so much more we all need to learn about the dangerous chemicals put into things.


Our govt allows cigerettes still sold and they know they kill. But try to get an herb on the market, and its year before you get it. It has to be tasted for safety%26gt; They know what cigs and alcohol do and its still used.


Floride , that is in most toothpaste is a dangerous thing. IT was used many years ago against our enemies, it numbs the mind. I only begun to understand such things a few years ago and boy when I did, my life changed.


Most rx drugs have more dangerous than the disease they take the for have. We are being posioned slowly. WE are toxic america. LEts open our eyes and ears and begin to see. go nature , but know what you are dong there as well. If you dont, see a naturopath that does know and get help. I have learned some new stomach things this last year that are lifechanging, from ppl like you that just KNOW.


God bless you for sharing. Thanks

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