Your toothbrush bristles may not be the only plastic you put in your mouth this morning — what you probably assume are flavor crystals in your toothpaste may actually be plastic microbeads. And soon, ...

A few weeks ago I was out of toothpaste and decided to try Crest Pro-Health toothpaste, because I had a Costco coupon, and I was completely out of toothpaste. I had squeezed everything I could squeeze ...

At first, I blamed my boyfriend. A shared bathroom is already the site of so many petty annoyances that naturally I assumed the regular puddles of blue toothpaste on our sink were his fault. He could ...

Polyethylene microbeads get most of their hype and negative press from their presence in face washes. Their gentle exfoliating abilities made them all the rage in face and body washes just a few years ...

That's the claim that was brought to KREM 2 reporter Rob Harris's attention, so he turned to local dentist Dr. Stephen Griffith with Grand Corner Dental to verify. Dr. Griffith said yes, some ...

Those little blue microbeads in your Crest toothpaste may be getting stuck in your teeth and gums, prompting dentists to ask toothpaste manufacturers for a change. The tiny scrubbers contain the ...

Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield toothpaste costs $4.49 for a six-ounce tube at CVS, Walgreens, Target and Wal-Mart. MCT photo Product: Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield toothpaste, $4.49 for a six-ounce ...

Did you know there may be plastic in your toothpaste? Crest confirmed that the company does put plastic beads into two of its toothpastes after a Chicago television station investigation. Dentists and ...