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672: Toothpaste | Skeptical Sunday

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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Tooth Pace

Sodium laurel sulphate is a foaming agent that almost every brand of tooth pace uses. It doesn't actually do anything to help clean your teeth, it just feels all foamy in there and you associate that with clean. Many brands market that product as natural because it's made from a base of cocoanut oil. But more and more studies show it can easily be contaminated and become toxic during the manufacturing process. Another thing that causes that sort of smooth, a clean feel is something called polyetheline glycal,. which is a synthetic polimer that's used to preserve moisture. If you notice, the natural ones tend to be thinner and kind of dripping around. And the

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