Dear Colgate Palmolive Company

Dear Colgate-Palmolive Company:

Please tell me why you have chosen these ingredients for your toothpaste? Toothpaste, a product placed in the mouth of children and adults, absorbed by the mucous membranes in the buccal cavity of the mouth and then absorbed into the bloodstream.

This is a product families are using every day, twice a day! Another personal care product to think about with all of the health concerns we have. I wouldn’t support a company that incorporates these synthetic, unnatural chemicals and ingredients.

The documented health impacts of these ingredients is upsetting and using them in a toothpaste… for healthy teeth and gums makes no sense!

INGREDIENTS FOUND IN Colgate Total Toothpaste Gel:

Sodium Fluoride: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706065/SODIUM_FLUORIDE/
Triclosan: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706623/TRICLOSAN/
Water
Hydrated Silica: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/719552/HYDRATED_SILICA/
Glycerin
Sorbitol
PVM/MA Copolymer
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706089/SODIUM_LAURETH_SULFATE/
Cellulose Gum
Flavor
Sodium Hydroxide
Propylene Glycol: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/705315/PROPYLENE_GLYCOL/
Carrageenan (Red Seaweed)
Sodium Saccharin: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706177/SODIUM_SACCHARIN/
Mica
Titanium Dioxide: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706561/TITANIUM_DIOXIDE/
FD&C Blue 1: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/702408/FD%26C_BLUE_1/

Personally, I floss and use Thieves Dentarome Ultra toothpaste, an all-natural toothpaste containing essential oils. And weekly, I do a brushing with sea salt and baking soda. My dental hygienist has commented for years on the health of my teeth and gums. And I haven’t had a cavity since using the Young Living oral care products!

PS) Any of the Thieves toothpastes may be applied topically to help ease symptoms of poison ivy or a very small dab on a pimple (avoid direct eye contact).

https://www.youngliving.org/amy