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Propylene Glycol/ Propilenglicol
Common humectant. Documented contact allergen — especially for eczema-prone skin.
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Plax soft mint
Is Colgate Plax soft mint low tox? Our scanner flagged 4 ingredients (4 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
4 caution
4 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Cetylpyridinium
Documented respiratory and skin sensitiser. Common MCAS and asthma trigger.
Svanes et al. Bergen Respiratory Health Study, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018
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Sodium Saccharin/ Sacarina Sodica
Long-term safety contested; gut microbiome impact in animal studies.
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CI 16035/ Fo
Same dye as Red 40 used in cosmetics.
Full ingredients (from label)
mau halito Usando duas Control del mal aliento usando dos veces al dia 2AAD DE REFRESCANCIA DURA 10X MAIS VS. SOMENTE ESCOVAC�O. "SENSACION DE FRESCURA DURA 10K MAS VS SOLO E EPLIA DAAREDUZIR ATE 99% DE BACTERIAS ANAEROBICAS CULTIVAVEISPRODUTO COSMETICO SEM AC�O TERAPEUTICAAYUDA A REDUD * A DE LAS BACTERIAS ANAEROBICAS CULTIVABLESPRODUCTO COSMETICO SIN ACCION TERAPEUTICA. INSTRUC�ES DE USO: EN AE A LINHA CONTINUA (20mL). N�O DILUIR EM AGUAUSE APOS ESCOVAR OS DENTESDUAS VEZES POR DIA. BOCHECRE POR S S PAODUTO DA BOCA. INSTRUCCIONES DE USO: LLENE LA TAPA HASTA LA LINEA CONTINUA (20mL). NO DILUYA EN AGUA USEERDE CEPILLADO DOS VECES AL DIA. ENJUAGUE POR 30 SEGUNDOS. ELIMINE EL PRODUCTO DE LA BOCA. ATENC�O: N�O ENGOLIR. MANTENHA LONGE DO ALCANCE DE CRIANCAS. N�O USAR EM CRIANCAS MENORES DE 6 ANOS. ESSA FORMULA N�O CONTEM ETANOL ADVERTENCIAS: NO INGERR MANTENGASE FUERA DEL ALCANCE DE LOS NINOS. NO DEBE DE SER USADO POR NINOS MENORES DE 6 ANOS. SI OBSERVA ALGUNA REACCION DESFAVORABLESUSPENDA EL USO. ESTA FORMULA NO CONTIENE ETANOL. INGREDIENTES ACTIVOS: FLUORURO DE SODIO 0.05%CLORURO DE CETLPIRIDINIO 0075%. INGREDIENTES: AQUA/ AGUAGLYCERIN/ GLICERINAPROPYLENE GLYCOL/ PROPILENGLICOLSORBITOLPOLOHAMER 4 POLOVAMERO 407AROMA/SABORCETYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE/ CLORURO DE CETILPIRIDINIOPOTASSIUM SORBATE/ SORBATO DE POTASI SODIUM FLUORIDE/ FLUORURO DE SODIOSODIUM SACCHARIN/ SACARINA SODICACITRIC ACID/ ACIDO CITRICOCI 16035/ FO
How this analysis is generated
Each ingredient on this product's published label is matched against our 237 source-cited chemical rules, each documenting a concern from peer-reviewed research and regulatory sources. Severity tiers:
- Avoid (red) — banned or restricted in the EU, UK or Canada but still legal in the US, IARC-listed, or strong contact-allergen evidence.
- Caution (amber) — regulatory caution, contamination risk, or condition-specific irritant.
- Mild (green) — low concern but commonly avoided in low-tox formulations.
Each flag links to its primary chemical-level source, and each condition pill links to a PubMed-indexed paper that discusses the chemical class in the context of that condition. Every citation is a real peer-reviewed paper — we don't link to Wikipedia or PubMed search pages. Some pairs use a topically-broad paper (e.g. a fragrance-allergen patch-test review) rather than a single-pair study where the literature is thin. The full evidence chain (chemical → mechanism → condition → paper) is one click away.
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