September 2025 Email Exchange with Founder & CEO of Davids Toothpaste
Published: October 9, 2025
Below is the September 2025 email exchange I had with the owner of Davids toothpaste. First, there is an image of each communication, followed by the text for that communication (with clickable links) for those using a text reader. Thanks for reading! Frankly, I was flabbergasted by Eric’s interpretation of the FDA’s language — reminding me of the following Upton Sinclair quote:
Eric Buss’ September 9, 2025 email to me:
Here’s the text from the above image (which is a screenshot of the email, exactly as sent to us):
Eric Buss // founder & ceo
Davids Health Sciences, Inc
davids-usa.com
________________________
Here’s my response:
Here’s the text from the above image (which is a screenshot of my email, exactly as sent):
EPA
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water
Tamara Rubin
Owner – Lead Safe Mama, LLC
www.LeadSafeMama.com
@LeadSafeMama
tamararubin@mac.com
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For good measure, here are screenshots of relevant text from each of the above articles that I linked:
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Yet another product claiming to be safe that is not. Do better David’s!!
Boom. Eric’s got link burn.
Tamara with the mic drop! I can’t wait to see his next response although I highly doubt he’ll have any accountability for himself or this product…
I wish these companies would stop arguing with the facts and put their energy into cleaning up their products, instead. Disappointed in Davids and will look elsewhere for my toothpaste.
Used to use Davids for our young child over the past few years he’s been at the age where they lose a ton of teeth, so even more opportunity for toxins to access the blood stream. Not to mention more accidental ingestion of it ’cause kids. Paid the premium price for the product because it was EWG certified – which now means nothing. Switched to a safe one as tested by lab and published by LSM. Very disappointed a CEO of a company that produces a product that goes in people’s MOUTHS – especially KIDS since it is a product advertised for kids and adults, wouldn’t ALREADY know this information. More of a regulation problem, can’t expect businesses to always put product safety above profits. Should be much stricter standards enforced by government agencies with serious penalties for noncompliance. Davids should be embarrassed at such an ignorant response by the founder and CEO no less. Hope they are educated now! Also, the arguing “No safe limit” vs “No known safe limit” is moot… logic would state there is no safe limit until one is known, not suggesting the opposite is true because there is no “known” limit. Just clean up your product instead of arguing semantics. Also a product in a metal tube, so curious if that factors into the results of the toothpaste.
There is no safe levels of lead i agree. But there is no safe levels of any other chemicals either. All products are damaged in this country. Why are we going after lead only?
Hi Kriste, we shortened your comment as the answer is simple.
We are an organization for childhood lead poisoning prevention. This is what we do.
If you are seeking other focus from advocacy organizations, there are many other organizations focusing on other things. Please watch our documentary film for better context about what we do.
Thank you.
You may also appreciate our lab-tested safer choices list which has nearly 100 products that we have sent to the lab for testing that have tested clean (including eight toothpastes), clearly demonstrating that making cleaner products (across many industries) is entirely possible.
Here’s that link: https://tamararubin.com/safer-choices/
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shocked from this ceo, You clearly gave him all info and points on problems and after year he don’t want to make formula safe and better!