A new investigation reveals 90% of popular toothpaste brands contain dangerous levels of heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium, posing serious health risks. Independent testing by Lead Safe Mama found major brands like Crest, Colgate, and Tom’s of Maine contaminated, with some products exceeding EPA safety limits for lead and arsenic. Heavy metals in toothpaste enter the body through gums, inhalation, or ingestion, with children at highest risk for developmental harm, cognitive decline, and autism. Despite alarming findings, no recalls have been issued, and companies defend their products, while FDA standards remain far looser than safety thresholds for other consumables. Advocates urge consumers to switch to verified clean brands and push for stricter regulations as corporate negligence and weak oversight continue to endanger public health. Article by Cassie B., republished with permission from Naturalnews.com In a shocking revelation that underscores the pervasive contamination of everyday consumer goods, a new investigation has found that 90% of popular toothpaste brands contain dangerous levels of heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. The study, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, an independent testing organization, analyzed 51 toothpaste products, many of which are household names like Crest, Colgate, Sensodyne, and Tom’s of Maine. The findings raise urgent concerns about the long-term health risks posed by these neurotoxins, particularly for children, whose developing brains are most vulnerable to irreversible damage. A toxic cocktail in your bathroom The results were staggering: 90% of tested toothpastes contained lead, 65% had arsenic, 47% contained mercury, and 35% were contaminated with cadmium. Many products harbored multiple metals, compounding the potential harm. These substances are known neurotoxins, linked to cognitive decline, developmental delays, and even autism in children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states there is no safe level of lead exposure, yet millions of Americans unknowingly ingest trace amounts daily through a product they use twice or more a day. The most contaminated products included Primal Life Dirty Mouth Kids Tooth Powder, which exceeded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limits for both lead and arsenic, and VanMan’s Miracle Tooth Powder, which surpassed arsenic thresholds. Even trusted children’s brands like Hello, Orajel, and Tom’s of Maine were found to contain these toxins. Only five products, including Orajel Training Toothpaste and Dr. Brown’s Baby Toothpaste, tested completely clean. How these metals enter the body Unlike food, where ingestion is the primary concern, toothpaste introduces heavy metals through multiple pathways. Particles can be absorbed through the gums, inhaled as aerosols during brushing, or swallowed accidentally, especially by children. Tamara Rubin, founder of Lead Safe Mama, called the findings “unconscionable, especially in 2025,” noting that regulators and manufacturers have long ignored the risks. The contamination appears to stem from common toothpaste ingredients like hydroxyapatite (often derived from animal bones), calcium carbonate (used for stain removal), and bentonite clay (a natural cleanser). Rubin’s testing revealed these raw ingredients themselves were contaminated, suggesting systemic sourcing issues. Bentonite clay, in particular, was a recurring culprit in the most toxic products. Regulatory failures and corporate silence Despite the alarming data, none of the implicated brands have announced recalls or reformulations. Crest’s parent company, Procter & Gamble, defended its products as “safe” and compliant with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. However, critics argue these limits are dangerously lax: The FDA permits up to 20,000 parts per billion (ppb) of lead in fluoride toothpastes, which is far higher than the EPA’s wastewater limit of 5,000 ppb. In contrast, California’s baby food lead cap is just 6 ppb, and the stalled federal Baby Food Safety Act proposes 10 ppb. Most toothpastes exceeded these stricter benchmarks. Several companies sent Rubin cease-and-desist letters to suppress her findings, which she publicly posted. Others dismissed the results, arguing that trace metals are unavoidable in nature in a claim Rubin calls a “cop-out” given the proven harms. Why children are most at risk Children’s smaller bodies and developing nervous systems make them far more susceptible to heavy metal toxicity. Even low-level exposure can impair IQ, motor skills, and emotional regulation, with effects lasting a lifetime. Mercury and cadmium are also carcinogens tied to kidney disease and cardiovascular damage. Yet brands like Hello and Tom’s of Maine, which are marketed as “natural” alternatives, were among the offenders, betraying parents’ trust. Until regulators tighten standards, consumers must take action. Rubin’s “clean” list includes fluoride-free options like Miessence Mint Toothpaste and Dr. Brown’s Baby Toothpaste. Advocates also urge support for the Baby Food Safety Act, which could pressure the FDA to reassess toothpaste limits. This scandal highlights a broader crisis: Corporations prioritize profits over safety, while agencies fail to protect the public. For now, the burden falls on parents and consumers to scrutinize labels because trust, like lead, has proven toxic. Sources for this article include: DailyMail.co.uk TheGuardian.com Fortune.com A NOTE FROM NOAH… Noah here, can I tell you a story that directly relates to this? I promise it does, stick with me! When I was in High School, I would read the USA Today from the school library each day, cover-to-cover while I was supposed to be studying. School bored me, but I always loved the news!  Especially the USA Today, which mixed news and opinion and entertainment. I suppose it’s no big surprise I now do this for a living! But there was one part in the USA Today called “King’s Things” and it was written by Larry King. “Written” is a bit of a stretch, it was basically Twitter before Twitter, where Larry King would share some random 1-2 sentence observation or opinion with the country.  Whatever was on his mind. It’s kind of how I’ve always viewed this “p.s.” section of the Newsletter…I like to give you a fun little blurb about something, but instead of being totally random I like to make it something I think you’ll enjoy or benefit from. Larry King had “King’s Things” so I’m thinking maybe I should call this section “Noah’s Nuggets”!  That’s got a good ring to it. Anyway…I tell you all of that to tell you tonight’s Nugget might seem super random, but I’m telling you anyway because I absolutely love it and want you to know about it: my new favorite toothpaste. Yes, really. I’ve always hated toothpaste, my whole life! The gross way it foams in your mouth… The gross mint flavor… The Fluoride… Hated everything about it! Until finally at age 35 I found this — it’s called Revitin: No mint, a nice citrus flavor instead! No foam, just non-foamy cleaning, similar to the stuff they use at the dentist’s office. No Fluoride! And none of this either: I’m not a paid spokesperson for the company….they don’t even know I exist. I’m just a customer. And I honestly love the stuff so much I am telling you about it in tonight’s “Noah’s Nugget”! None of the bad stuff, but all of the good stuff like this: Anyway, there you go! The longest “Noah’s Nugget” in the history of this Newsletter but I had to tell the world! If you want to try it, you can BUY IT ON AMAZON HERE. Yes, I know it’s a tad expensive, but I think you’ll find it’s 100% worth it. And do me one favor, if you do try it out shoot me an email and let me know what you think! Deal? Deal.

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The waters around the Galapagos Islands are a microcosm of diversity. It reflects the vast assortment of life worldwide in one contained ecosystem. A visitor to the area happened upon an interesting scene as they returned to their hotel one evening. Looking down into the calm waters, they spotted a young sea lion playfully chasing a small blacktip reef shark. @heartoftravelteam Nothing like it! #galapagos ♬ ALEX WARREN LEAKED – alex warren snaps There is much speculation in the comment section about what is really happening. Some say the sea lion is actively chasing the shark to eat it. A marine biologist likens the dance to the “circle of life.” The shark is a blacktip reef shark. The sea lion might snack on that, but this one appears more interested in playing than a meal. The Galapagos sea lion typically eats fish, clams, squid, and crabs. Generally, they tend to eat food they can swallow whole, so this little reef shark wouldn’t usually be considered a menu item. The sea lions tend to stay close to shore because large sharks and Orcas like to snack on them in the waters farther out. Image from TikTok. Blacktip reef sharks can grow to about six feet. The one playing in the video appears to be around two feet long. As the two weave around the items in the marina, they seem to be dancing gracefully. It is difficult to determine if this is a predator-prey scene or simply two young animals engaged in play. The young sea lion does not appear to be aggressively pursuing the shark. At times, it even seems that the shark pursues the sea lion. After watching this video countless times, I offer my non-biased opinion that this is two young animals playing together and nothing more. Please share. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Sea Lion And Baby Shark Twirl Gracefully In Play In Breathtaking Video appeared first on InspireMore.

Thank God I left the Episcopal Church. After decades of partnering with the U.S. government to serve refugees, The Episcopal Church ended the relationship this week, because the Trump administration asked them to serve refugees whose plight contradicts the woke Left’s grand narrative. Episcopal Migration Ministries had resettled almost 110,000 people across the U.S., and the church had touted its assistance to “undocumented immigrants”—read “illegal aliens”—but serving 59 desperate white South Africans who came to the U.S. legally was apparently a bridge too far. Now, the Episcopal Church is finally cutting its relationship to the U.S. government, because these refugees are white and they’ve suffered at the hands of the African National Congress, the South African party of the sainted Nelson Mandela. Only now does The Episcopal Church reject the filthy lucre of government grants. According to Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, serving whites who escaped danger at the hands of black South Africans would cut against the church’s “steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” Apparently, “racial reconciliation” only cuts one way for The Episcopal Church. While I find the church’s double standard on immigrants utterly disgusting, I can’t exactly say I’m surprised. In the last few decades, the Episcopal Church has proven itself one of the most flaccid and spineless of the dying mainline Protestant denominations, and I am glad to be part of the Anglican movement opposing its watered-down bastardization of Christianity. Faithful Christians can disagree on many matters of public policy, but the Left has increasingly taken positions that are hostile not just to common sense but to good Christian doctrine. The Episcopal Church reliably positions itself with the Left, even when it means a clear rejection of the Bible. LGBTQ Issues The Episcopal Church first adopted a pro-homosexual declaration in 1976, then consecrated a lesbian priest in 1977, and elevated the first gay priest in 1989. In 2009, it barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity when elevating people to the ministry. The church consecrated its first gay bishop in 2003. It approved ordination of transgender clergy in 2012. In 2022, the church adopted a resolution to “advocate for access to gender affirming care in all forms (social, medical, or other) and at all ages as part of our Baptismal call to ‘respect the dignity of every human being.” Forgive me if I don’t think that pumping kids full of experimental drugs to make them resemble members of the opposite sex in a futile attempt to disavow their biological sex is a form of “respecting” a person’s “dignity.” To call these positions antithetical to the clear teachings of scripture would be a vast understatement. The Bible clearly teaches that human beings are made male and female (Genesis 1), that marriage is between one man and one woman (Genesis 3, Matthew 19:5-6), and that homosexual activity is sinful (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, Romans 1:24-27). While the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus’ mercy is for everyone who repents, it does not celebrate homosexual acts or condone the idea that men can become women and vice versa. Yet The Episcopal Church loudly champions the LGBTQ agenda. I remember listening to a sermon at the National Cathedral in which the pastor condemned “the sin of heterosexism.” If “heterosexism” is a sin, then the Bible itself is guilty. Watering Down the Resurrection My greatest concern about The Episcopal Church is the way its current and former leaders watered down a central teaching of the gospel: the bodily Resurrection of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:12-19). In the 2010s, two high-ranking Episcopal bishops—former head of the U.S. Episcopal Church Katherine Jefferts-Schori and Bishop Mariann Budde (who notoriously lectured Trump earlier this year)—suggested that belief in the physical Resurrection is not necessary. “While we are unable to comment on the sermons from previous decades that you reference, we can confirm that The Episcopal Church affirms the bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” the church’s chief of strategy, Rebecca Wilson, told The Daily Signal. She noted that Episcopalians recite and affirm The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed every week, and that all clergy must make a Declaration of Consent stating belief in the scriptures. Jeff Walton, Anglican director at the Institute for Religion and Democracy, told The Daily Signal that “the Resurrection is somewhat loosely defined and policed within The Episcopal Church.” While the vows require adherence to the bodily Resurrection, “you sometimes run across clergy who use a lowercase-r ‘resurrection’ and it’s possible that they are making it into some sort of allegory.” Even Walton noted, however, that some data shows “mainline Protestant clergy today are much more likely to affirm the literal bodily Resurrection of Jesus than they were two generations ago.” He attributed this to a growing acceptance of the supernatural, aligning with post-modernity. The Episcopal Church Weathervane The Episcopal Church seems to resemble nothing more than a weathervane, following the leftist culture. It echoes the Left’s rhetoric on race, suggesting “institutional racism” pervades America. The church released a “framework for anti-racism and racial reconciliation training” that implements Critical Race Theory, a lens of seeing America as inherently and institutionally racist. This Marxist lens spawns the notion of “intersectionality,” where different ostensibly oppressed groups—women, racial minorities, people who identify as LGBTQ, and more—intersect with one another, forming a hierarchy of aggrieved groups that claim a right to political power. The church has also embraced concepts such as “environmental justice” and “environmental racism,” which tie together the notions of Critical Race Theory and climate alarmism—the belief that human burning of fossil fuels will cause a catastrophic disaster. These ideologies coalesce to form a cohesive worldview I describe as “woke.” (I explain this more in my book, “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.”) In some cases, the Left seeks to silence those who dissent from this worldview. This worldview sees Nelson Mandela as a black hero fighting white oppression, and it refuses to acknowledge that the African National Congress in South Africa might commit or contribute to racist violence against white people. That’s why serving a comparative handful of white refugees was a bridge too far for The Episcopal Church. I have long considered the Southern Poverty Law Center—which puts mainstream conservative and Christian groups on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan—to be the tip of the spear on demonizing conservatives. My first book, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” explains why this organization has no moral credibility. Yet the Episcopal Church’s website cites the SPLC “hate map” as a “resource” for “racial justice, healing, and reconciliation.” My Own History With The Episcopal Church I was baptized in an Episcopal Church in Colorado and married in an Episcopal Church in Maryland. I have fond memories of the incense and hymns at the historic church I attended growing up in Golden. I am now a member at the Falls Church Anglican, which officially separated from The Episcopal Church in 2006. The Episcopal Church refused to allow our congregation to keep the building, and we lost the case after appealing all the way to the Supreme Court. We worshipped in a high school auditorium for many years until we could build our own church home. A massive ideological civil war is taking place within the global Anglican Communion—with The Episcopal Church on one side and the Anglican Church in North America on the other. Yet this same ideological civil war is dividing Catholics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and those outside Christianity, such as Jews. Those who hold to the traditional understanding of Christianity (and Judaism), especially its sexual morality, find themselves confronted by a hostile culture, and institutions like The Episcopal Church are betraying the faithful in order to kowtow to the world. As for me and my house, we won’t serve the woke. The post Afrikaner Double Standard Reminds Me Why I Left the Episcopal Church Behind appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Demi Moore is a definition of bold, daring, and fearless. By the time Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle premiered in 2003, the actress had already cemented her place in Hollywood. But this particular role, where she played the dangerous Madison Lee, pushed her in ways she had not expected, and she had just one request. Then, she was 40, and the role called for her to appear in a bikini alongside Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. It had been years since Moore had taken on a major film project, having stepped back from the spotlight to focus on raising her daughters, Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. But when the opportunity came to join the sequel to the franchise, her daughters urged her to embrace it. Demi Moore in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ – her bikini scene Demi Moore/Instagram Although filming the bikini scene was demanding for Demi Moore, the actress just wanted to protect her privacy. “All I remember is begging them not to shoot my butt. I don’t know why that was my obsession,” Moore said. Also, in preparation for the role of Madison Lee, she had a lot to practice. Demi Moore had to perform stunts, keep fit, and take on a level of visibility she had not dealt with in years. This was at a stage in life where women in Hollywood were often quietly pushed aside, and the physical preparation came with challenges. She later admitted the mental process was just as demanding. Rather than dwelling on the backlash that may follow on what her body looked like, she focused on showing up as herself. Despite her reservations, Moore’s performance was strong and elegant, and even viewers loved her character, a former angel who became a villain. CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, Demi Moore, 2003. (c) Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection A life of impact Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle was one of Moore’s big moments. She became a woman who defied industry expectations and focused on being a role model for upcoming women in Hollywood. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle was released in 2003. CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE, Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore, 2003, (c)Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, and three daughters were present to support her while she embodied her role. It’s been more than two decades isncer her time on the movie set and Demi Moore’s relevance in Hollywood is still preserved. Next up: Carnie Wilson Says Music Executive’s Hurtful Comment About Her Weight Left Her In Tears The post Demi Moore Had One Demand For Her Bikini Scene In ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’ appeared first on DoYouRemember? - The Home of Nostalgia. Author, Peace A