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Independent, community-funded laboratory testing led by advocacy group found in roughly 90% of 51 toothpastes it tested, including many mainstream and “natural” brands such as , , , Tom’s of Maine, Dr...
(LSM), an independent, community-funded testing operation run by , reports that a small subset of toothpastes it sent to third‑party labs came back with “non‑detect” results for lead; however, the pub...
reports that tested “non‑detect” for in its community‑funded lab program (status reported as of July 8, 2025) . The organization publishes a comparative chart and the original third‑party lab reports ...
’s independent testing program reports that seven toothpastes had “non‑detect” results for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic as of mid‑2025, and the organization publishes a comparative toothpaste ch...
Independent testing by the consumer group and reporting by multiple news outlets found that most of the toothpastes they sampled contained ; headline studies reported roughly 90% of tested products po...
There is no industry-wide standard that requires commercial salt brands to test every batch for heavy metals or to publish results; testing practices vary widely from “no routine disclosure” to brands...
Independent testing by the consumer group found lead in around 90% of 51 toothpaste products it tested, with other —arsenic, mercury and cadmium—also commonly detected . Some lab results and subsequen...
The complete 2025 comparative toothpaste chart is published and downloadable from the Lead Safe Mama website as a PDF; the direct file link is the “” hosted on tamararubin.com . Individual third‑party...
’s laboratory testing singled out a handful of commonly used, —bentonite clay, hydrated silica, hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate—as the ingredients most frequently present in toothpastes that retu...
Federal regulatory thresholds for heavy metals in are broadly permissive by public‑health advocates’ standards and have not been harmonized with recent state actions, while has adopted a much stricter...
’s community-funded 2025 testing shows a small group of toothpastes and tooth powders with very high lead measurements, led by ’s Dirty Mouth Kids Tooth Powder at 7,800 parts per billion (ppb), with A...
(LSM) continued an aggressive, community‑funded testing campaign after its initial 2025 toothpaste releases, publishing expanded lab reports, an updated comparative chart and a “lab‑tested safer choic...
’s 2025 independent, community-funded lab reports and the comparative toothpaste chart (with measurements in parts per billion, ppb) are published on Tamara Rubin’s Lead Safe Mama website; the main hu...
(LSM) operates a community‑funded, third‑party laboratory testing program that prioritizes detecting any presence of lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic in and publicly posts lab reports and “non‑dete...
’s 2025 community‑funded testing found widespread detections of : about 90% of products tested positive for lead and roughly 65% for arsenic across the sample set, and the organization named several m...
Multiple independent tests and a systematic review report that detectable lead has been found in a large fraction of commercial s, with one recent consumer-led testing program reporting lead in about ...