April 20, 200620 yr What is in toothpaste that requires this warning on the label: If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Does anybody else worry or wonder about this?
April 20, 200620 yr QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 12:26 AM) What is in toothpaste that requires this warning on the label: If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Does anybody else worry or wonder about this? It's the active ingredient, Sodium Fluoride. Given the concentration of NaF in toothpaste, you would have to eat at least 10 tubes of toothpaste to kill yourself. Some symptoms might occur after one or two tubes, though, so beware! And, if a child were to eat a lot of it, they could get really sick or they could die. So the warning is there for two reasons: NaF and lawyers. And I don't know which is worse.
April 20, 200620 yr QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 01:33 AM) It's the active ingredient, Sodium Fluoride. Given the concentration of NaF in toothpaste, you would have to eat at least 10 tubes of toothpaste to kill yourself. Some symptoms might occur after one or two tubes, though, so beware! And, if a child were to eat a lot of it, they could get really sick or they could die. So the warning is there for two reasons: NaF and lawyers. And I don't know which is worse. So in other words don't try to be like Al Bundy and make a toothpaste sandwich. Tangwiches aren't that great either. Especially if you don't pinch the ends and it all falls out...
April 20, 200620 yr QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 11:51 AM) Tangwiches aren't that great either. Especially if you don't pinch the ends and it all falls out... Mustnotmakejokemustnotmakejoke. . .
April 20, 200620 yr QUOTE(Soxy @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 11:16 AM) Mustnotmakejokemustnotmakejoke. . . It makes me feel better that just not males were trying not to comment there...
April 20, 200620 yr QUOTE(Soxy @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) Mustnotmakejokemustnotmakejoke. . . Wrong kind of "tang".
April 20, 200619 yr QUOTE(Soxy @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) Mustnotmakejokemustnotmakejoke. . . I don't get it :rolly
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