January 2026 Response from Just Ingredients, Living Well With Dr. Michelle to a Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Member

For those new to the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC

Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).

• Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a unique community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
• Since July 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for seven product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
• All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
• Please check out our press page for news coverage of our work here.

A Quick Note from Tamara Rubin

January 23, 2026
Friday

We posted the above three images on social media today with the following caption:

Reminder… important context to remember: all relevant federal agencies agree with the consensus within the scientific and medical communities that there is no safe level of lead exposure for human beings. Having a heavily lead-contaminated product be promoted by a doctor (with DOCTOR in the product’s name or company name) is nothing short of medical greenwashing.
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The higher level of lead that we found in these products (identified with independent, third party, community funded, laboratory testing) is 963.8 parts per billion – just 36.2 parts per billion shy of the level that is now illegal in Washington State (easily a gap that can be filled with a reasonable rounding upwards, or with batch specific variation given how high the level is).
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No safe level means no safe level.
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These products are also marketed and sold for use by children! As we have always stated, this is not illegal in a Federal Level.
This SHOULD BE illegal.
Selling tooth cleaning products that you market for use by children – products that have notable levels of multiple carcinogens and neurotoxins should be CRIMINALLY illegal.
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More info (including the links to the articles with the full original lab reports for these products) here: https://tamararubin.com/2026/01/tooth-powder-chart/
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Plus MERCURY!
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It should also be criminal for a doctor to be using their medical degree title of “Doctor” to sell and market a MERCURY contaminated tooth powder product – a product that goes in your MOUTH – that goes in your mouth on purpose!
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What Century is this?
It feels like we’re back in 1810 when they thought Mercury was a health protective substance!

Section #1) A list of links with more info about our Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative

Here’s our Lab-Tested Safer Choices List: https://tamararubin.com/safer-choices/

Here’s our landing page, linking nearly all of the product lab reports we’ve published to date — we will be updating this page shortly, making it a good bookmark to periodically check-in on:
https://tamararubin.com/lab-reports/

Here’s how to nominate a product for testing and reporting:
https://tamararubin.com/nominate/

Here’s our budget for testing and reporting on each item:
https://tamararubin.com/budget/

Here’s our Patreon channel link, where you can join us on Patreon and be among the first to see our lab reports as we publish them (you can join for FREE or with a small monthly contribution supporting the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative):
https://www.patreon.com/leadsafemama/membership

Here’s the link to make a contribution in support of our work*:
https://gofund.me/7a38f3fe1

Section #2) Our articles with lab reports for tooth powder products

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The full original lab report for each product can always be found at the very bottom of the article discussing it.
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1.) Just Ingredients Remineralizing Tooth Powder in Fresh Citrus Flavor:
https://tamararubin.com/2025/02/just-ingredients-fresh-citrus-remineralizing-tooth-powder-marketed-for-use-by-kids-formulated-with-living-well-with-dr-michelle/
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2.) Just Ingredients Remineralizing Tooth Powder in Cool Mint Flavor:
https://tamararubin.com/2025/06/just-ingredients-cool-mint-remineralizing-tooth-powde/
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3.) Van Man’s Miracle Tooth Powder:
https://tamararubin.com/2025/03/vanmans-miracle-tooth-powder-fluoride-free/
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4.) Primal Life Premium Dirty Mouth Powdered Mineral Toothpaste in Polished Peppermint Flavor:
https://tamararubin.com/2025/05/primallife-premium-dirty-mouth-powdered-mineral-toothpaste-fluoride-free-in-polished-peppermint-flavor/
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5.) Primal Life Organics Dirty Mouth Tooth Powder in Bubblegum Flavor:
https://tamararubin.com/2025/03/primal-life-organics-dirty-mouth-tooth-powder-in-bubblegum-flavor/

Section #3) Lab-Tested Safer Toothpaste Choices

NOTE: Test results are PRODUCT SPECIFIC and do not apply to other products from these same brands:
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Toothpaste — 1 — [Tested: Jun 2025] Aquafresh “FRESH & MINTY” Fluoride Toothpaste, Purchased in London, England (Made in U.K. or Slovakia): https://amzn.to/4lhRMjO
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Toothpaste — 2 — [Tested: Feb 2025] Orajel Kids Training Toothpaste, Fluoride-free in Natural Berry Fruity Flavor with Elmo Sesame Street packaging: https://amzn.to/41wxtrY
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Toothpaste — 3 — [Tested: Mar 2025] Miessence Fluoride-free Mint Toothpaste (Made in Australia); Please note, if this Amazon link is sold out, do not buy knock-offs from other links (buy directly from the manufacturer in Australia): https://us.one.organic/products/mint-toothpaste
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Toothpaste — 4 — [Tested: Mar 2025] Dr. Brown’s Fluoride-free Baby Toothpaste in Strawberry Flavor: https://amzn.to/3DCehzZ
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Toothpaste — 5 — [Tested: Mar 2025] Pegciz Kids Foam Toothpaste in Watermelon Flavor, Low Flouride (packaging varies, see report): https://amzn.to/3YzP68e
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Toothpaste — 6 — [Tested: Mar 2025] Kid’s Spry Fluoride-free Tooth Gel with Xylitol in Original Flavor: https://amzn.to/41GZb4e
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Toothpaste — 7 — [Tested: Apr 2025] Essential Oxygen Fluoride-free BR Certified Organic in Peppermint Flavor: https://amzn.to/4lARZ2J
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Toothpaste — 8 — [Tested: Sept 2025] Weleda Natural Salt Toothpaste: https://amzn.to/48mQ3qk
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*Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on one of our affiliate links, we may receive a percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you.

Thanks for reading!
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Thank you also for sharing this information in your communities. 

Tamara Rubin — Owner of Lead Safe Mama, LLC
& The Lead Safe Mama Team

*Please note: Lead Safe Mama, LLC is not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so while your contributions are very much appreciated, they are not tax-deductible charitable gifts. Thank you! For additional context, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are often vulnerable to corporate attacks, which we frequently face as a response to our independent third-party testing, making the 501(c)(3) business model not the best fit for Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work. While we are not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we operate very much like a nonprofit organization, as we rely on both community participation in our work and community financial support. Thank you so much for supporting our work in all the ways! To learn more about Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s business model, click here.