- Hello Jeff...
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- I am a truck driver, and have hauled just about everything
over the past 13 years.
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- I read your site's article postulating that naturally
occurring aluminum found in water might be the key to Alzheimer's disease.
I'll go one better than that.
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- I once picked up a 44,000 pound load of aluminum dioxide
powder in the aptly-named town of Bauxite, Arkansas. Noting that the destination
for the load was not a processing plant or a mill, I enquired as to why
this load was destined for the Colgate-Palmolive Company. The shipping
agent said that the quality of bauxite (Aluminum dioxide) found in Arkansas
was too low grade for manufacturing purposes, but was fine for toothpaste.
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- "Toothpaste?" I enquired. He then went on to
explain that common white toothpaste is made largely from Aluminum Dioxide,
which is a mildly abrasive, brilliantly white powder. They'll simply add
a sudsing agent to make the bubbles, a flavoring agent to make it palatable,
perhaps a food coloring agent, some water, and presto - toothpaste.
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- Go read the ingredients on your tube of toothpaste. It'll
list one or two 'active ingredients'...notice the combined total amounts
of 'active ingredients' is usually less than 1%. What about the other 99%?
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- * Were you aware that every day of your life, you are
filling your mouth with a gob of nearly pure aluminum dioxide?
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- * Can you imagine the possible health effects?
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- * Do you see how this is the number one entry point for
aluminum to enter the body?
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- * Can you guess why the inactive ingredients aren't listed?
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- * Imagine the outcry from all the millions of health
conscious Americans who suddenly discovered that they are being poisoned!
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- *Yes, that's why they aren't listed.
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- So, if you and your vast readership are concerned about
getting too much aluminum in their diets, you can all relax about naturally
occurring aluminum in the water, or cooking with pots and pans. These are
trivial sources of aluminum compared with the several pounds of aluminum
directly swallowed or absorbed through the tissues while brushing our teeth.
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- On the bright side, we can all still have a beautiful
smile in our old age, if only we can remember how to smile.
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- From KT Feller 5-4-3
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- Hi Jeff,
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- I don't know if aluminum dioxide causes Alzheimer's or
not, but Tom's Natural Toothpaste is one brand of toothpaste that uses
calcium carbonate as the abrasive. They aren't afraid to admit what's in
their products.
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- http://www.tomsofmaine.com/toms/product.asp?dept%5Fid=400&pf%5Fid=TP%2DFL
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- Thanks for everything feller
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- From Jim 5-9-3
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- Hi Jeff,
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- Just called Procter & Gamble at 1-800-668-0152 and
was told that their products contain no aluminum. Since the product only
lists 8.473% of its ingredients, I asked what the other 91.5% was. The
lady I talked to said the abrasive ingredient was hydrated silica.
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- Cheers, Jim
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- Note - Our call to check on this was less successful
than Jim's. The truck driver's story occurred in the past. We are glad
to learn that P & G does not now use any form of aluminum in its toothpaste.
Now, if we can get it removed from deodorants, we'll be making big progress.
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