STOP NATURAL TOOTHPASTE COMPANIES LIKE JASON'S from using known TOXINS in their products.
STOP NATURAL TOOTHPASTE COMPANIES LIKE JASON'S from using known TOXINS in their products.
The Issue
If we are using a brand such as Jason's that we trust to brush our teeth, only to find out that they are using an ingredient that has been dropped from the Organic Standards, However the USDA is still allowing it to be used.
It has been proven via numerous studies, to cause cancer, tumors and inflammation in the body. There should not ever be a time that we place carrageenan in our mouths, let along use it to clean our teeth.
This petition is being formed in the hopes to have the toxic ingredient dropped from all of it's products and replaced with any of the other known thickeners that are all natural, safe and just as effective.
Below is just a few lines from an article:
In 2012, Joanne K. Tobacman, MD, who has published multiple peer-reviewed studies that address the biological effects of carrageenan, addressed the National Organic Standards Board on this issue and urged reconsideration of the use of carrageenan in organic foods. According to Dr. Tobacman, her research has shown that exposure to carrageenan causes inflammation and that when we consume processed foods containing it, we ingest enough to cause inflammation in our bodies. That’s a problem since chronic inflammation is a root cause of many serious diseases including heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and cancer.
Dr. Tobacman also told the board that in the past, drug investigators used carrageenan to cause inflammation in tissues to test the anti-inflammatory properties of new drugs. And she reported further that when laboratory mice are exposed to low concentrations of carrageenan for 18 days, they develop “profound” glucose intolerance and impaired insulin action, both of which can lead to diabetes. She maintains that both types of carrageenan are harmful and notes that, “degraded carrageenan inevitably arises from higher molecular weight (food grade) carrageenan.” Research suggests that acid digestion, heating, bacterial action and mechanical processing can all accelerate degradation of food-grade carrageenan.
(Source: https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/food-safety/is-carrageenan-safe/
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The Issue
If we are using a brand such as Jason's that we trust to brush our teeth, only to find out that they are using an ingredient that has been dropped from the Organic Standards, However the USDA is still allowing it to be used.
It has been proven via numerous studies, to cause cancer, tumors and inflammation in the body. There should not ever be a time that we place carrageenan in our mouths, let along use it to clean our teeth.
This petition is being formed in the hopes to have the toxic ingredient dropped from all of it's products and replaced with any of the other known thickeners that are all natural, safe and just as effective.
Below is just a few lines from an article:
In 2012, Joanne K. Tobacman, MD, who has published multiple peer-reviewed studies that address the biological effects of carrageenan, addressed the National Organic Standards Board on this issue and urged reconsideration of the use of carrageenan in organic foods. According to Dr. Tobacman, her research has shown that exposure to carrageenan causes inflammation and that when we consume processed foods containing it, we ingest enough to cause inflammation in our bodies. That’s a problem since chronic inflammation is a root cause of many serious diseases including heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and cancer.
Dr. Tobacman also told the board that in the past, drug investigators used carrageenan to cause inflammation in tissues to test the anti-inflammatory properties of new drugs. And she reported further that when laboratory mice are exposed to low concentrations of carrageenan for 18 days, they develop “profound” glucose intolerance and impaired insulin action, both of which can lead to diabetes. She maintains that both types of carrageenan are harmful and notes that, “degraded carrageenan inevitably arises from higher molecular weight (food grade) carrageenan.” Research suggests that acid digestion, heating, bacterial action and mechanical processing can all accelerate degradation of food-grade carrageenan.
(Source: https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/food-safety/is-carrageenan-safe/
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Petition created on September 23, 2018