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Forget about these beads winding up in streams and our ecosystem, which is bad enough. Dentists warn that toothpastes with these beads can embed them in your gu
by merpnderp 11y ago
Forget about these beads winding up in streams and our ecosystem, which is bad enough. Dentists warn that toothpastes with these beads can embed them in your gums leading to infections and tooth decay.
No idea how this became legal. Our regulatory body should be a whole lot more about transparency, so questionable stuff like this can be easily weighed by the consumer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/18/why-dentists-are-speaking-out-about-the-plastic-beads-in-your-toothpaste/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/0...
- relaytheurgency 11y agoBecause things are made illegal, not the other way around.
- necessity 11y agoFortunately.
- Retric 11y agoDepends, medical drugs are default illegal. Though the crap that is ok to put in the food supply is ridiculous. http://sagewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Renew-Download-9115.pdf http://sagewater.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Renew-Downlo...
- merpnderp 11y agoI always assumed toothpaste was regulated by the FDA.