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> Actually fluoride is prohibited in children's toothpaste in Germany because of its suspected neurotoxicity. I can't find any information on this, do you have
by Xelynega 2y ago
> Actually fluoride is prohibited in children's toothpaste in Germany because of its suspected neurotoxicity.
I can't find any information on this, do you have a source? According to Wikipedia fluoride toothpaste is recommended by health officials in Germany for children(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_country#cite_note-90 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_countr...)
- weinzierl 2y agoThanks for pointing that out. I wrote "prohibited" from what I remembered when my child was little and the discrepancy to the info you provided made me research the topic, so here is a summary of what the law (1223/2009 Cosmetic Products Regulation Annex III) has to say: Tooth paste with more than one per mille of fluoride has either to be marked as unsuitable for children or has to have a note that children have to be supervised using it and a doctor or dentist has to be consulted in case the child swallows more than a pea-sized amount. So, not quite prohibited, but far from recommended.