I get it, you want to know if you're meeting your daily essential microplastics and minerals quota, we all do.
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They're made from fused microplastics.
So... plastic? It doesn't take anything special for plastics to shed microscopic particulates. "Fusing" microplastics is also literally how larger plastic objects are made, basically always unless there's an actual polymerization stage involved. Thermoplastics are basically always made as plastic pellets long before they're made in to final products.
All that is to say... plastics of any type equate to microplastics being around. The bigger question is how bio-accessible are the microplastics?
I think you might have missed the joke
Joke explained. Thanks.
That is a very jokeless joke.
Cancer. At this point as an American consumer, if it's something you put in an orifice that comes from a large corporation, and is synthetic, assume it's carcinogenic
Also, if it comes from nature, assume it is carcinogenic. Cancer cells gotta eat too.
Can't have cancer if you starve to death, therefore food is carcinogenic.
Merely existing, even if you were in a perfectly safe bubble, is carcinogenic.
Excuses were made.
Only if you’re in California
'Begging the question' means using circular logic, not that something makes one curious. An example of begging the question would be asking a heterosexual if their mother knows they're gay. Hope this helps.
While you’re actually correct, language has moved on and now the meaning of ‘prompts the question’ is the dominant usage by far.
A toothbrush is actually a small sea creature who is murdered and harvested for its dental powers. /s
thanks but the thing is I want to know what the specific toothbrush im going to buy is made of. What "innovations" it may be using.
There are no 'innovations'. You have electric & manual. Natural (bamboo, wood, animal bristles) or types of plastic. Some companies make metal handles with replaceable heads. It's just materials & marketing. Your teeth get whiter and cleaner because you brush them. Antibacterial just means, germs cannot survive on the materials. Like NSF restaurant tools. And usually the plastics are made of materials that will not 'shed' while using them. If... they are made correctly. Marketing is everything. 99% of it is spun into a lie. "All over body deodorant" is the latest scam. No one stinks "all over", if you do see a doctor. Basic deodorant in your pits is all anyone needs.
I agree with you but: What incentive do they have to reveal the thing that makes their product competitive to other brands for those others to steal their idea just because you want to know about it?
Ideally regulation but for now it is most vexxing.
A lot of toothbrushes advertise themselves as "improved whitening" or similar things because the design of the bristles and the action (on electric brushes) actually does help them break up stains, and thus help whiten teeth, when used properly.
As for the antimicrobial claims, there are many materials that are human safe that are also naturally antimicrobial. For instance, brass self sanitizes in as little as 15 minutes, which is why it's the most common material for doorknobs.
Ok. Rub teeth against doorknob. Got it. Thanks!
Hence the origin of the term knoblicker.
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Ingredients: 1 toothbrush
I'm very much not worried about my toothbrushes, but if you want, looks like you can get premium toothbrushes where the stuff it's made out of is a selling point.
One example, first hit that comes up:
https://www.brushwithbamboo.com/shop/bamboo-toothbrush-adult/
- Standard soft bristles made from 100% Castor Bean Oil. USDA Certified 100% Biobased. Bristles made in the European Union.
- FSC® certified bamboo handle.
- The box encasing the toothbrush is made from paper – no tape or glue is used.
- Your bamboo toothbrushes can be used for just as long as plastic toothbrushes.
- USDA Certified Biobased. Green American Certified. Vegan. BPA-Free. Natural and Non-toxic.
That being said, I recall that re: "100% Castor Bean Oil", ricin is made from castor beans, and that's probably one of the most-lethal substances you could reasonably get ahold of and put inside yourself. :-)
kagis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin
Ricin (/ˈraɪsɪn/ RY-sin) is a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) and a highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.
I remember in Moscow during the Soviet Union dsys my dad was amazed when he saw that stores were still selling horse hair tooth brushes.
I wonder if they are still being made somewhere.
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