Safe Toothpaste and Mouthwash
There is an absolutely amazing website on the internet:www.cosmeticsdatabase.com. That is the URL for the Environmental Energy Worker’s Skin Deep: cosmetic safety database.
Did you know that one third of all cosmetics include at least one ingredient known to be carcinogenic? And these are not trace elements, but base elements, as the good folks at Skin Deep are quick to point out.
These researchers have done their due diligence on behalf of us all, and have taken an unbiased look into what goes into our skin creams, nail polish, shampoos, toothpastes, mouthwashes, eye drops, nasal sprays, hair dyes, lipsticks and mascaras. They have rated the products, based upon the safety of their ingredients, on a stoplight scale, red being full of known carcinogens or heavy metals in harmful amounts, yellow, less of the same, and green. Green, one would think, would mean totally safe, but the people at EWG go one better, and rate this category from 0-2.
All of your favourite brand names are listed here, as well as more obscure, so-called “alternative” brands. These brands are the ones most often rated Green 0. But not always. The EWG also rate companies on their willingness to conform to international safety standards that have been set, and by their stand on the use or non-use of animals for testing.
Did you know that all of our favourite, name-brand toothpastes are full of known carcinogens and suspected pathogens? Why don’t we have simple, safe toothpaste?
We have mascaras made with mercury, which can travel into the eye and onwards to the brain when we wipe away tears, or mercury-laden mascara dust.
We still have Grecian Formula hair dye for men full of lead.
Please see my pages on the very real dangers of lead.
They are listed at the top of the homepage, in case any of you missed them.
I am not going to name any more names here, because I would like you to check out the EWG website. They do accept donations. They are like the EPA of the cosmetic industry. We need to support them.
So, as I have said, for the straight goods on what is safe and what is definitely idiotic to use, check out the Environmental Energy Workers’ Skin Deep cosmetic safety database.
How hard can it possibly be to make a safe toothpaste? Why are these dangerous products allowed to be on our store shelves? What are we, nuts? They most certainly are for launching such products on a trusting public. Who do they think uses these products, evil enemy aliens from a dark planet, or our own beloved families? I was going to say kids, but everyone matters, not just children.
Goodbye Colgate, my old friend and excellent teeth-whitener. It turns out that you are evil.
Hello safe, Green 0 toothpaste powder.
Hey! They should make a brand of products called Green 0 !
“Buy what is safe, and works. Stick to Green 0 !”
Check the massive list.
The EWG researchers have done this research for you.
Meanwhile, I’ll check out brands that pass the Green 0 muster.
“Safe toothpaste for all!”
That will be my new rally cry.
So far, it looks like Solay Wellness Incorporated fits the bill.
I’ll be checking the Skin Deep cosmetic safety database list for the status of Solay’s vegan-friendly products.
See you next post with the results!
Pat — the person that loves you!
Be safe.