Bentonite Clay

Fact Check: Is the Lead in Bentonite Clay bioavailable?

Fact Check: Is the Lead in Bentonite Clay bioavailable?

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       Here’s a link to the above referenced scientific study. For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: 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…

A letter to a legal firm: looking for help resolving the issue of misinformation with (and mislabeling of) Bentonite Clay based products.

A letter to a legal firm: looking for help resolving the issue of misinformation with (and mislabeling of) Bentonite Clay based products.

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  For those new to this website: 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

Just like Primal Life Organics, and Earthpaste, VanMan’s Miracle Toothpowder also tests positive for unsafe levels of toxic metals. This is not illegal.

Just like Primal Life Organics, and Earthpaste, VanMan’s Miracle Toothpowder also tests positive for unsafe levels of toxic metals. This is not illegal.

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    For those new to this website: 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific…

Certificate of Analysis (undated) for Lone Star Botanicals Bentonite Clay – provided by Primal Life Organics to customers confirms Lead levels found by Lead Safe Mama, LLC.

Certificate of Analysis (undated) for Lone Star Botanicals Bentonite Clay – provided by Primal Life Organics to customers confirms Lead levels found by Lead Safe Mama, LLC.

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Highlight Published: Sunday – June 26, 2022 Originally appeared in this article – link. Multiple Lead Safe Mama readers have shared with us that Primal Life Organics has shared the COA for the clay base of their bentonite-clay based tooth powder with them when they requested to see test results for the ingredients of their Dirty Mouth…

June 20, 2022 email from Trina (owner, Primal Life Organics) indicating she doesn’t understand the math behind the Lead found in her product (& her public response to me sharing this.)

June 20, 2022 email from Trina (owner, Primal Life Organics) indicating she doesn’t understand the math behind the Lead found in her product (& her public response to me sharing this.)

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You can see this graphic (as posted on instagram) by clicking through to Instagram below – please do read the 79 comments there too! Scroll down to also see Trina’s response to me sharing this with my readers (second image below/ second Instagram post) and the public response (currently 33 comments) to Trina’s (outrageous) response….

Trina (owner of Primal Life Organics) says her (Lead-contaminated) Dirty Mouth Toothpowder is “Safe To Swallow” (& that swallowing may even be beneficial!), but (6/24) advises customers against swallowing it. Which is it?

Trina (owner of Primal Life Organics) says her (Lead-contaminated) Dirty Mouth Toothpowder is “Safe To Swallow” (& that swallowing may even be beneficial!), but (6/24) advises customers against swallowing it. Which is it?

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June 25, 2022 – Saturday Another Chapter in the Contradictory Messaging from Primal Life Organics – as it relates to their Lead-contaminated tooth powder. Images below: A screenshot of Trina’s June 24, 2022 statement which was sent to customers who expressed concerns for Lead and other toxicants found in her toothpowder – concerns based on the June…

False and misleading statements written up by Primal Life Organics. Trina from Primal Life Organics created a “hit-piece” on me, which includes a full list of all the legal actions in which I have prevailed. Please read it for a laugh!

False and misleading statements written up by Primal Life Organics. Trina from Primal Life Organics created a “hit-piece” on me, which includes a full list of all the legal actions in which I have prevailed. Please read it for a laugh!

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June 24, 2022 – Friday In skimming this e-mail (screenshot of first paragraph, above – scroll down to see the full text of the mail from Trina, the owner of Primal Life Organics) — sent to me by a reader (I have not yet read it too carefully, as I am too busy actually helping…

Primal Life Organics tells some customers that the clay used in their Dirty Mouth Toothpowder has Lead and tells others it is certified Lead-free.

Primal Life Organics tells some customers that the clay used in their Dirty Mouth Toothpowder has Lead and tells others it is certified Lead-free.

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June 23, 2022 – Thursday Primal Life Toothpowder Update Please read the graphic below – including screenshots of Primal Life Organic’s exchange with a customer from May of 2022 (just last month.) I am posting some additional information here on the website that I have also already posted on social media. I am sharing these…

Letter from Primal Life Organics Attorney in text form

Letter from Primal Life Organics Attorney in text form

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Wednesday – June 22, 2022 We have at least one Lead Safe Mama regular reader who uses a text to speech software (like my son uses!) to assist with reading documents. As a result, whenever possible I try to include the text of documents that I share here in readable text format (in addition to…

Dutch Oral Use Clay Research Study: Lead, Mercury, Arsenic & Cadmium in traditional healing clays (July of 2013, NIH: National Library of Medicine)

Dutch Oral Use Clay Research Study: Lead, Mercury, Arsenic & Cadmium in traditional healing clays (July of 2013, NIH: National Library of Medicine)

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June 21, 2022 – Tuesday Key points For lead, the use of 34 of the 36 traditional clays and two of the 27 health clays would result in intake levels exceeding the toxicological limit by up to 20-fold. Use of 15 of the 35 traditional clays and 11 of the 27 health clays would result…

Bentonite Clay Research Study: Lead from topically applied Bentonite clay concentrates in livers and kidneys of mice studied (March 2020, NIH: National Library of Medicine)

Bentonite Clay Research Study: Lead from topically applied Bentonite clay concentrates in livers and kidneys of mice studied (March 2020, NIH: National Library of Medicine)

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For those new to this website: 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 sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF technology (a scientific method used…

As anticipated, Primal Life Organic’s legal team sent me a “cease and desist” letter. Here’s their letter and my response.

As anticipated, Primal Life Organic’s legal team sent me a “cease and desist” letter. Here’s their letter and my response.

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Monday – June 20, 2022, 10:26 p.m. If you click the image of the cover email (below) you can see the full Cease and Desist letter from this law firm (which I haven’t actually read yet.) – Have fun checking that out. If you have words you want to share with this law firm in…

The Nurse who owns PrimalLife sent me an email threatening legal action, in which she demonstrated a clear misunderstanding of math and science.

The Nurse who owns PrimalLife sent me an email threatening legal action, in which she demonstrated a clear misunderstanding of math and science.

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  June 20, 2022 — Monday — Well… this has been an exciting day! This morning I woke up to a flurry of activity around the PrimalLife Dirty Mouth tooth paste article I published last night (in the wee hours today, actually — 6/20/22)! Many of my readers were in touch, with various communications they…

Primal Life Dirty Mouth Toothpowder: Positive for 7,000 ppb Lead and 18,000 ppb Cadmium (Cadmium causes cancer and is considered toxic when ingested) at levels in the 100 ppb range & up

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  This is an ad-free article. To make a contribution to help us keep our most widely-read articles ad-free, click here. Thank you. This is the first of several articles we have published related to this product. Here’s a full list: An article published on June 19, 2022. Published June 20, 2022 — Email from…

The Dirt Natural Toothpaste: No Fluoride, No Glycerin, No Xylitol, Paleo Friendly, Gluten Free, Vegan & “just” 19,000 ppb Cadmium (which causes cancer.)

The Dirt Natural Toothpaste: No Fluoride, No Glycerin, No Xylitol, Paleo Friendly, Gluten Free, Vegan & “just” 19,000 ppb Cadmium (which causes cancer.)

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Short introduction video posted on Instagram:             View this post on Instagram                         A post shared by Lead Poisoning Prevention (@leadsafemama) Screenshot from this company’s Facebook ad (December 2021) Photos of the actual product tested.  Continue reading below the…

Check out this very well written article on the surprising danger of Bentonite Clay

Check out this very well written article on the surprising danger of Bentonite Clay

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Here’s a quote pulled from the article linked below: “Many have shared how bentonite clay has helped their digestion or skin symptoms. The reasons why it may have helped seemed plausible to me, and I don’t doubt that many have had positive experiences. Since I’ve never seen much research either way, I never thought too…

More on the toothpaste conversation….

More on the toothpaste conversation….

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Reposting this post, originally posted on Facebook. Back to the toothpaste conversation. – Food (and water) is considered toxic for lead in the “Parts Per Billion” (ppb) ranges. Specifically water and food are considered toxic (by many in the scientific community) at levels starting at FIVE parts per billion and higher (some use the less…

Bentonite clay (a primary Earthpaste toothpaste ingredient) has unsafe levels of Lead. Earthpaste’s marketing downplays this fact.

Bentonite clay (a primary Earthpaste toothpaste ingredient) has unsafe levels of Lead. Earthpaste’s marketing downplays this fact.

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Originally posted/ discussed in April, 2014 Updated: February 6, 2017 Here’s a great recent article about bentonite clay use and its potential dangers. For those new to this website: 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…