That minty-fresh feeling might come with a hidden cost. A recent study has found that popular toothpaste brands are contaminated with dangerous heavy metals like lead and mercury, posing unexpected ...

Toothpaste Heavy Metals: Brushing your teeth helps keep germs at bay, but it might also expose you to significant levels of heavy metals — potentially interfering with several vital functions in your ...

Back in the 1950s-1970s, people were largely unaware of the damage that exposure to even small amounts of lead could have on a human, particularly small ones. A paper published in 1979 documented ...