Dentist calls Crest toothpaste dangerous; Now P&G changing ingredients

Dentist calls Crest toothpaste dangerous; Now P&G changing ingredients

2014 / non research

Dentist calls Crest toothpaste dangerous; Now P&G changing ingredients

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Dentist calls Crest toothpaste dangerous; Now P&G changing ingredients

Maxim Alter, ABC15 staff
2:44 PM, Sep 15, 2014
10:37 PM, Sep 16, 2014

CINCINNATI - Procter & Gamble is making major changes to several of its
products after a dental hygienist said she noticed something strange in
her patients' mouths.

Trish Walraven said she spotted little blue specks in the gum lines of
her patients a few years ago. For a while, she said she had no idea what
she was dealing with.

?We thought it was a cleaning product or something people were chewing,?
she said.

Walraven said she started asking around, and she soon found other
hygienists that were seeing it too.

It took several weeks, but Walraven said she finally figured out what it
was: polyethylene.

She said polyethylene is a plastic used in several products like garbage
containers, grocery bags, bulletproof vests and even knee replacements.

It?s also in some toothpaste products.

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