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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The findings have not been peer-reviewed and the author has been convicted of…a lot of crime.

[–] caffinatedone@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago

We can fix this! Quick, destroy the FDA so the problem will never be seen again!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

They had to stop putting lead into fuel years, and now even lead water pipes are under threat, so they need another way to lower peoples IQs to keep them mallable.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thanks. But I definitely remember having read "mallable" before. Could that be a British vs. American thing?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

back in my day they even leaded the wine!

that's where the phrase, "get the lead out", became so popular.

invite some friends over for dinner, break out the wine and one of the servants would say, "this wine is vinegar!" and then you'd whip them and scream, "get the lead out!"

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Back when I hunted mammoth, lead was not a concern.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

Don't worry. Chronic underfunding of education coupled with social media means we can save money on expensive lead!

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The word "Docile" is better suited here

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The way they hit you, malleable fits, too.

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So long story short what adult toothpastes and children's toothpastes are ok to use

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Rubin said the contamination seems to lie in some ingredients added to toothpaste, including hydroxyapatite, calcium carbonate and bentonite clay.

Several children’s toothpastes, like Dr Brown’s Baby Toothpaste, did not test positive for any metals and did not contain the ingredients in question.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Send directives to retract the word lead from all communications, done

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

I pay eight dollars for what I assumed was "fancy toothpaste". It's expensive. Good teeth, too bad about the fucking lead poisoning though...

Wtf!

[–] detun3d@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At the moment if it comes from the US I'm not buying it. 😏

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] detun3d@lemm.ee -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm guessing the double meaning flew right over, hence the incomplete table mentioning Tamara's site from Oregon, USA. The thing is, I'll need further research from other countries to consider trusting these findings, even if I'm already used to being overly cautious when purchasing hygiene products.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

it seems alot of themse are kids toothpaste, and SLS-free ones. they might be less regulated, because different companies may produce it, and alot of them base the manufactering in china. i also notice some of them sls-free can cause allergic reactions too.

[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 141 points 1 week ago (24 children)

I can't tell from the article if there's a real problem. None of the levels exceed FDA thresholds, and it sounds bad, but there's also no definite claim of harm.

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