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The mucus membranes in the mouth are extremely permeable. This means that certain chemicals will go right through those membranes like there is nothing there. Flouride is supposed to help remineralize the tooth. Flouride (Sodium Flouride) is used to kill rats, it's also used in drinking water. There is a reason there are warning labels on toothpastes for children. There is enough flouride in a tube of toothpaste to kill 2 small children. This has been proven. There is much debate over it's use, but little debate among those in the alternative health care field. Like any other toxins that you ingest in your body, the culmulative effects are not known until it's too late. Error on the side of saftey. When researching toothpastes last year (funny what we do when we fall seriously ill) I discovered that there are about 6 that don't use Sodium Laurel Sulfate or flouride. Weleda is one. There is another that starts with "P" but I can not find my bookmark. I have tried neither. It's almost impossible to find the stuff in stores. I now consider the local grocery stores to be TOXIC HAVENS. I crinze when walking through the isles at all the boxes of posions. Tom's makes up a lame excuse as to why they use SLS right on their site. You would think they are part of the ADA (Who keeps saying how safe amalgam is, then refuses to back this up saying whatever happens is the result of what the Dentist places and they are not to blame). A bit Hypocritical. The ADA is part of the bought and sold medical establishment. Do I sound bitter enough? There is this overwhelming acceptance in the food and drug industry that if it's in a small enough amount it is somehow safe to use. Most cosmetics have not undergone any kind of long term testing. You're skin absorbs chemicals, and you'll find SLS in shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, etc. Finding a flouride free AND SLS free toothpaste is tough. Plus just because it may not contain these ingrediants doesn't make it safe. There are a host of artificial sweetners in toothpastes, and many natural ingrediants like Carrageen (comes from red seaweed) are passed off as "Natural", except the way they extract the Carrageen is by using harsh chemicals. So what is natural? Research MSG and all the "hidden" names the food industry uses to "hide" it in their products. It's scarey that everyone is so concerned with making a buck that they would let the health concerns of an entire nation go down the toliet. But it's always the "other guy" who gets the cancer isn't it? The more you learn the more you become disgusted with Corporate America.

I wouldn't chance posting the web address, but you can read the Environmental Working Groups "Skin Deep" report online. It contains extensive research on cosmetics including toothpastes. You might be suprised to learn that standard "Colgate Regular) flouride and all tested safer than JASONS Organics. Hmmm. The lesson is just because it is "organic" doesn't make it safe either. So what do we do? Well in the long run we are lucky to get 75 years (I doubt I'll ever see that) so just brush and rinse as well as you can. I like to use a waterpic with a saline solution (uniodized table salt + baking soda). I do this until I can taste no more minty freshness. Too bad there are not better answers. By the way Tom's Kids Goofy Grape tested very well, SLS and all! Too bad SLS has been proven to cause canker sores.

Almost all toothpaste contains a toxin called sodium lauryl sulfate. This synthetic detergent and its chemical cousins will go through mucus membranes and bioaccumulate in eye, heart, and liver tissue. People who are having eye trouble never stop to think that their toothpaste may have contributed to their problem. Two years ago, a German study published in a British medical journal concluded that sodium lauryl sulfate caused gum disease. Do you really want this in your toothpaste?