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#XRFTesting: Children’s Plastic Toothbrushes

Nimbus· Toothbrush· Toothbrushes· Totz· XRF Testing· XRFTesting

Children’s tooth brushes (Totz & Nimbus): Lead Free.
All components tested (of items pictured below).

Modern hard plastic items designed and sold as intended for children (manufactured today/recently) (including toothbrushes) should all be lead free.  As always, please feel free to ask questions.

Here are some good #LeadSafe / #LeadFree tooth brush choices for younger children (with my specific XRF Testing results below!)

Click here for more #SaferChoices for your family! • #XRFTesting

Some of the links on this page may be affiliate links where a purchase made after clicking will support this website without costing you extra! 

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Affiliate link disclosure: If you choose to purchase any items after clicking the Amazon links above, Amazon pays me a small kick back as a thank you for sending business their way. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and helps support this website, allowing me to keep sharing information about childhood lead poisoning prevention (as well as making it possible for me to keep sharing about safe products for your home and family) ... Sharing this information in turn helps families everywhere protect their children from potential environmental toxicity in their homes. I only link to products that are the same as (or very similar to) ones that I either have direct personal experience with in my home or that I have personally tested with an XRF Instrument and found to be lead-safe or lead-free. March 2017

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  1. Emily says

    Thank you for posting this! I’ll be using your affiliate link to buy some toothbrushes. Looks like Totz will be the brand of choice despite Nimbus seemingly being a more durable brush. The feedback on Amazon was good for Totz, but better for Nimbus- however, one reviewer did mention contacting Nimbus directly about the Amazon listing…Nimbus replied that they do not sell on Amazon. So not sure if that link is to an original product. I did contact them myself, but am waiting to hear back. Nimbus can be bought directly through their site, but want to support your work even if it’s in a small way, so in the meantime Totz it is.. are all colors lead free? I’ve noticed lead content can sometimes be color dependent.

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  2. Emily says

    Hi Tamara,
    Back here again.. went to order the totz brush, but am hesitant after seeing a string of pretty bad reviews that I must have missed initially. I am reconsidering the nimbus, but because the affiliate link may not be an original product according to one Amazon reviewer, I would rather purchase directly from the Nimbus site. Question- were all the Nimbus colors lead free? They come in a four pack with only one green so we would be using a blue, pink and yellow as well. Given I most likely won’t be using your affiliate link this time around, is there another way to support your work? I can’t afford the monthly subscription, but can do a donation… Do you accept Venmo? One last question… is there an adult manual toothbrush you recommend? Which do you use?

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