Toothpaste - A close brush with poison - Toothpaste can contain amounts of fluoride damaging to adults and lethal to children. Yet, manufacturers are lax about providing warnings or direction...

Toothpaste - It’s a basic necessity. Brushing your teeth several times daily helps keep them clean, free of plaque-forming bacteria, and freshens the breath. In th...

Lead may cause tooth decay in young children - Exposure to lead in the womb and through breastmilk may predispose children to dental caries, according to US researchers. ...

Fluorosis and faint praise - The Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation commissioned last summer by the Department of Health has reported at last (BMJ, 6 October 2000 and NHS CRD...

Preventing tooth decay naturally - Ever since scientists saw, 70 years ago, what they thought was a link between fluoride in the water supply and a lower incidence of tooth decay, fluor...

Avoiding fluorosis - As well as being a well documented cause of mottled teeth, fluoride overload is also associated with a range of other symptoms. In his book, Fluoridat...

Sources of sls free toothpaste - CG asks where to buy toothpaste which does not include the detergent sodium lauryl sulphate (WDDTY vol 8 no 6). Nelsons homeopathic toothpaste does no...

Flouride is not the only poison in toothpaste - On the subject of toothpaste, your readers may be interested to know that flouride isn't the only ingredient that can damage their health. Sodium laur...