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If you are afraid of your children eating dangerous amounts of something from a tube, look no further than normal toothpaste.

xyzzy123 10y ago
I believe this statement is short-sighted, and I would strongly recommend child-proof packaging for this product. If a child eats a tube of toothpaste, it's not great for them[1], but eating a significant amount of caffeinated toothpaste would most likely kill them. This is a problem because people don't normally store and secure toothpaste the way they do bleach or pesticides, and also because this product is formulated to have an interesting and attractive taste - i.e, it presents a kind of "attractive nuisance". Ref [1] http://www.poison.org/articles/2015-dec/toothpaste http://www.poison.org/articles/2015-dec/toothpaste "It is unlikely for a child to have anything beyond short-term stomach upset from eating toothpaste. In rare cases, if an excessive amount of fluorinated toothpaste is swallowed, there can be more serious problems. Fluoride can lower the amount of calcium and magnesium in the body. Toothpaste formulated to help with sensitivity contains a second ingredient – a nitrate – that can also cause more serious problems if large amounts are ingested. This is unlikely to occur from unintentional ingestions by children, especially of over-the-counter toothpaste."
- undersuit 10y ago
  >I believe this statement is short-sighted I'm not saying this caffeine toothpaste is safer than fluoride containing toothpaste just that toothpaste can still cause harm. From what I've read of caffeine overdoses your suggestion of a child-proof packaging is a very good one. A tube of toothpaste might have enough fluoride to kill 30-50 mice, but not necessarily a child. Eating a whole tube of toothpaste is excessive and you should probably seek medical attention if your child does so. The adults who took part in this study[1] should be able to replicate the experiments by eating two tubes of toothpaste. [1] https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+1766 https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@te...
  - xyzzy123 10y ago
    I hear you, toothpaste is not zero harm. I'm just saying it's not an airy-fairy concern that this would be lethal, partly because of the sociology of toothpaste, and also because eating a tube surpasses the documented LD50 for adults. Think of the warnings on acetominophen and then think this one through.

xyzzy123 10y ago

I believe this statement is short-sighted, and I would strongly recommend child-proof packaging for this product. If a child eats a tube of toothpaste, it's not great for them[1], but eating a significant amount of caffeinated toothpaste would most likely kill them. This is a problem because people don't normally store and secure toothpaste the way they do bleach or pesticides, and also because this product is formulated to have an interesting and attractive taste - i.e, it presents a kind of "attractive nuisance". Ref [1] http://www.poison.org/articles/2015-dec/toothpaste http://www.poison.org/articles/2015-dec/toothpaste "It is unlikely for a child to have anything beyond short-term stomach upset from eating toothpaste. In rare cases, if an excessive amount of fluorinated toothpaste is swallowed, there can be more serious problems. Fluoride can lower the amount of calcium and magnesium in the body. Toothpaste formulated to help with sensitivity contains a second ingredient – a nitrate – that can also cause more serious problems if large amounts are ingested. This is unlikely to occur from unintentional ingestions by children, especially of over-the-counter toothpaste."

undersuit 10y ago
>I believe this statement is short-sighted I'm not saying this caffeine toothpaste is safer than fluoride containing toothpaste just that toothpaste can still cause harm. From what I've read of caffeine overdoses your suggestion of a child-proof packaging is a very good one. A tube of toothpaste might have enough fluoride to kill 30-50 mice, but not necessarily a child. Eating a whole tube of toothpaste is excessive and you should probably seek medical attention if your child does so. The adults who took part in this study[1] should be able to replicate the experiments by eating two tubes of toothpaste. [1] https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+1766 https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@te...
- xyzzy123 10y ago
  I hear you, toothpaste is not zero harm. I'm just saying it's not an airy-fairy concern that this would be lethal, partly because of the sociology of toothpaste, and also because eating a tube surpasses the documented LD50 for adults. Think of the warnings on acetominophen and then think this one through.