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Lead Safe Mama, a small business focused on lead-poisoning prevention, sent 51 toothpaste products to an independent lab for testing.

The lineup included household names like Crest, Colgate, Sensodyne, Orajel, Burt’s Bees, Tom’s of Maine, and Hello.

A staggering 90 percent tested positive for lead, 65 percent contained arsenic, 47 percent had mercury and 35 percent were found to have cadmium. Many products were found to have more than one of these toxins.

[Worst Offenders](https://poal.co/static/images/7775347565353571.png) > Lead Safe Mama, a small business focused on lead-poisoning prevention, sent 51 toothpaste products to an independent lab for testing. > The lineup included household names like Crest, Colgate, Sensodyne, Orajel, Burt’s Bees, Tom’s of Maine, and Hello. > A staggering 90 percent tested positive for lead, 65 percent contained arsenic, 47 percent had mercury and 35 percent were found to have cadmium. Many products were found to have more than one of these toxins. [Source](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14706935/popular-toothpaste-toxic-metals-linked-autism.html)

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No one seems to want to talk about the fact that we had tetraethyl lead in gasoline up until 1996. That was far more lead put into people from combustion in cars, but I guess that's too scary to talk about.