METALLOPATHY Evidence on heavy metals in people

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Personal care

Is there lead in toothpaste (e.g., Colgate)?

This corpus does not contain a verified lead measurement for toothpaste, including the brand named in the question. No result is inferred from the question. The page does not rank toothpastes.

What is not available

No micrograms per gram and no brand comparison were verified.

Related evidence, where it exists, is on the linked pages. Those pages do not fill this gap.

Sources

  1. Heavy Metal Index page for this category (context only; figures on that site are not copied here)

Heavy Metal Index

Heavy Metal Index: toothpaste. This Heavy Metal Index URL returned HTTP 200 on 15 October 2026. Figures on this page are not copied from that index. They come from the sources named above.

What's safe to buy

The Heavy Metal Tested and Certified public register listed no licensees on 15 October 2026. That page reported 0 certified brands and 0 certified products, and it stated that no brand has completed the three-lot baseline. A specimen layout on the register is an illustration, not a licensee. This page does not name or rank any brand.

The program states that certification is a measurement of a product against a published limit, not a statement that the product is safe. If a licensee is later listed for this category, it will be on the register.

This page summarizes cited documents. It does not diagnose or prescribe. Reviewed 15 October 2026.