The tiny plastic beads found in many popular toothpaste brands are approved by regulators, but dentists are becoming increasingly alarmed that the beads could cause more dental hygiene problems than ...

Did you know there may be plastic in your toothpaste? Crest confirmed that the company does put plastic beads into two of its toothpastes after a Chicago television station investigation. Dentists and ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet's most pressing environmental ...

A new ingredient that has been cropping up in products ranging from toothpaste to facial cleansers —polyethylene microbeads — has been causing a stir ever since dental hygienists noticed the tiny blue ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. California is the latest state to consider banning products with microbeads, the tiny ...

ABC7 Chicago reports that Dentists and dental hygienists have begun speaking out against plastic microbeads in toothpastes after many have noticed the tiny blue beads lodged in patients’ gums or ...

DALLAS, Sept. 17 (UPI) --Toothpaste is supposed to help clean your teeth and get rid of leftover food. But for some Crest toothpaste users, that leftover food is just being replaced with tiny ...

After a blog post by a dental hygienist raised alarm about microbeads in toothpaste, Crest announced that it was planning to stop putting the tiny bits of plastic into its products. But are microbeads ...

Congress and the White House are coming after your toothpaste, facial scrubs and body wash. Beginning in mid-2017, tiny plastic beads found in some bath and beauty products will be prohibited. The ban ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A TikToker went viral for showing how she makes teeth out of InstaMorph beads — an inexpensive product that can be molded after heating — as an ...