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Is Your Dental Floss Toxic?

Ordering a new batch of dental floss last night, I somehow happened upon a study which says that Glide dental floss emits cancer causing chemicals. Skim-reading around, it seems like the consensus is to avoid flosses produced by the major manufacturers.

The no-doubts-option seems to be natural flosses which have the added benefit of being biodegradeable.

Has anyone else come across this? Is it bunkum?

Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PF..., by the Slient Spring Insitute
Some dental floss may expose people to harmful chemicals, by Harvard School of Public Health

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Permalink Reply by OneWomanAndHerDog on August 23, 2019 at 11:54

Mindful of similar concerns myself I switched to Desert Essence a few years ago, but have been annoyed to find that though it is coated in beeswax and tea tree oil, the floss itself is nylon.

I’ve since found is a very good write up of plastic-free dental flosses here:

https://myplasticfreelife.com/2017/06/searching-for-a-plastic-free-...