Colgate Total

megwv3 · June 2014

I just bought Colgate Total toothpaste. Used it and really didn't like it. I thought to look it up and that was a bad idea.

https://news.ufl.edu/2010/11/04/pregnancy-enzyme/[1]

Now I'm really paranoid about this. Does anyone else use Colgate Total? Should I be worried?

We have to check freaking everything now.

baloneydisc · June 2014

I think Triclosan is in most toothpastes and lots of other products. The FDA reports are inconclusive and I think they're suppose to be doing a review soon. For now I wouldn't worry about it.

megwv3 · June 2014

elainelbuck said:

I think Triclosan is in most toothpastes and lots of other products. The FDA reports are inconclusive and I think they're suppose to be doing a review soon. For now I wouldn't worry about it.

It's actually in no other toothpastes which is why I was concerned.

ss265 · June 2014

I believe that I used Colgate Total the entire time I was pregnant with DS1 and have been for this pregnancy. DS1 is totally normal and as PP said, as long as you are not swallowing tubes of it, you should be fine.

katiefritzler · June 2014

I don't see this being a huge problem. I don't think there is enough of a chemical in it to do anything that harmful, but I don't know, I'm not a chemist. You hardly consume any of the toothpaste anyways when brushing your teeth, but if it's that much of a concern to you, I guess switch your toothpaste with something else.

PrimRoseMama · June 2014

Somebody? Anyone? Where has the common sense gone? Use your toothpaste & CTFD.

argonne · June 2014

Jhron813 said:

I'm going to take the opposite stance of all the pp's. I am a chemical engineer. Go through all of your toiletries and beauty products, and get rid of those that have the most chemicals. Try to get as natural as possible. Sure, there is no guarantee that any of them will cause a specific problem or defect, and also no guarantee they will not. Remember that your skin is your biggest organ, and anything that you put on it will be absorbed into your body. There is a lot that is still not understood because you obviously cannot do human trials, let alone trials on pregnant women.

Nope. Your skin will not absorb everything put on it. If so, we'd all be dead or sick given the amount of toxins we're exposed to on a daily basis. Your skin is one of your body's first defenses and is actually very selective in what it allows to pass.

argonne · June 2014

Jhron813 said:

@Jhron813‌ I have a college education in chemical engineering, too. Very, very few chemicals have been known to cause issues during pregnancy. And as a chemical engineer, you should be completely aware that with almost all chemicals (especially those deemed safe for everyday use) are not dangerous in the least if you are not exposing yourseld to large quantities of them on a regular basis. Hell, I've spilled acid on myself before and came out unscathed. If you have any experience in the field at all you know the kinds of labs these substances are put through before they are available to the public, whether the compounds are FDA approved or not. It's the basics of companies trying to avoid lawsuits. Compounds and chemicals do not equate. Example, you wouldn't drink chlorine but sodium chloride is just fine for ingestion. I would really expect better information from someone with the education you have...
There is obviously common sense involved. However, the majority of my colleagues and friends with higher educations feel the same way- limit your exposures. As the mother of a child born with a birth defect, I went from being casual about the every day things I have in my house to being more diligent about screening. I will never know why my daughter was born with a cleft lip. However, I do know I am doing everything possible with this pregnancy to ensure it does not happen again due to any environmental triggers I may have inadvertently exposed myself to. I agree that in 99.9% of the time, a mother can go about her life blissfully unaware of (in this threads example) the triclosan in her toothpaste. But that doesn't mean that Colgate should continue to use it, or that we have to buy it. If you don't care about it, that's fine. But if you do, then take the steps to educate yourself about what you are putting in and on your body.

Have you ever considered that your child's cleft palate may have been due to genetics? Are you currently living in a bubble, because the air pollution you could be exposed to on a daily basis is probably far more toxic than anything you can put on your skin or a tiny bit of tirclosan in toothpaste?

You seriously don't come off as very educated.

I am a mechanical engineer and I'm going to tell everyone to stay away from all machines because they are not safe! No driving cars. No airplanes. No copying machines. Aw hell...get off your computers! No machine is safe because I'm a mechanical engineer and I say so!

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