Lead Safe Mama Lab Tests: Colgate Total Whitening Toothpaste

February 16, 2025

Sunday

Hi all!

So far (as of today) we have published the lab reports for ELEVEN different toothpastes (and tooth powders) and each one has tested positive for LEAD.

You can find the comparative summary with the test results for all ELEVEN of the toothpaste we have sent to the lab for testing to date - here on this link:

https://tamararubin.com/2025/01/2025-toothpaste-tooth-powder-testing/

We have set this campaign up today to raise funds to cover the cost of testing and reporting for the Toothpaste product pictured here with this GoFundMe. This is one of many Toothpaste products that have been nominated for testing by members of the Lead Safe Mama global online community.

To see all of our GoFundMe campaigns raising money to cover the cost of testing and reporting on different toothpaste and tooth powder products (in case there are others that you may want to contribute to as well), click here: https://www.gofundme.com/s?q=toothpaste+lead+safe+mama&location-description=Portland%2C+OR&location-lat=45.520247&location-lng=-122.674195&c=342

We will be adding more narrative details about this initiative (including links to the published lab reports once the testing has been completed) over the coming days and weeks (via updates to this campaign).

Once the campaign funds (once we reach our goal to cover the cost of testing and reporting for this product) we will close this campaign (we will turn off the donations for the campaign) and then it typically takes 2 to 4 weeks for us to get the results back from the lab and publish the results on the Lead Safe Mama website: http://www.LeadSafeMama.com

All of the articles with the lab reports for products we have tested are pinned here when the are initially published (on our website menu):

https://tamararubin.com/website-menu/

And also here:

https://tamararubin.com/2024/05/food-articles/

If you are interested in learning more about the community-collaborative / community-funded laboratory food testing (testing food for the following toxicants: Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic) we are doing (through Lead Safe Mama, LLC - a unique, community collaborative, woman-owned, small business based in Portland, Oregon - a small business with a focus on childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety) - please check out some of our other GoFundMe campaigns (look up Tamara Rubin or Lead Safe Mama using the Search Bar in GoFundMe).

This link is a landing page which has links to ALL of the lab reports we have published as a result of this initiative to date — since we started doing laboratory testing of foods and supplements in March of 2024 (we are approaching 300 published lab reports): https://tamararubin.com/2024/05/food-articles/

Here's a link to one of the articles about our work from Consumer Reports Magazine - an article that discusses some collaborative follow up we worked on with CR in response to some of the early food testing done by Lead Safe Mama, LLC in 2024: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lesser-evil-serenity-kids-cassava-puffs-high-lead-levels-a2654657249/

You can also read more about this work on the following links:

1. This link has the budget for the expenditure of the funds raised:

https://tamararubin.com/budget/

2. This link explains how to nominate a product for testing:

https://tamararubin.com/nominate/

3. A landing page linking all of the articles related to the food testing we are doing / we have done:

https://tamararubin.com/food/

4. A landing page with links to all of the safer foods we have found with this laboratory food and supplement testing project so far (foods that have tested "non-detect" for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic - with the limits of detection noted in the lab reports we have published):

https://tamararubin.com/2025/02/50/

5. Here also is the "About" page from the Lead Safe Mama website:

https://tamararubin.com/about/

6. This page discusses the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Business Model:

https://tamararubin.com/2021/04/what-kind-of-business-is-lead-safe-mama-llc/

Thank you!

Lead Safe Mama, LLC is NOT a 501(c)3 nonprofit - so contributions in support of this initiative (truly independent, 3rd party, laboratory testing of foods and supplements) are NOT tax-deductible gifts - but are greatly appreciated!

You can also support Lead Safe Mama, LLC with a Monthly contribution via Patreon. Look up "Lead Safe Mama" on Patreon - and set up a monthly gift of whatever you can afford. We share lab reports on our Patreon account as soon as they are published as well.

Direct Link: http://patreon.com/leadsafemama