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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...
’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...
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...
’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...