Comment on Toothbrushes don't list what they are made of.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well, there are multiple parts to a toothbrush, the bristles, the handle, and anything else that may be attached to it.
The bristles, the bit that wears down, generally are nylon unless noted.
jingsourcing.com/…/b46-toothbrush-bristles-materi…
The handle, again generally, is recycled plastic.
Added bits may be rubber.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 week ago
I mean the antimicrobial must be something else.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, that part is called “marketing”. It’s plastic, that’s what they’re calling “antimicrobial”.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 week ago
I had thought that maybe it was a non thing but alls the marketing did was make me worried that they are coating it with something like triclosan or such.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s all horse shit, just like “whitening” toothpaste.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Antimicrobial can be a lot of things, a lot of it is trademarked.
This one:
pro-sys.com/…/antibacterial-adult-toothbrush/
Says it uses “StaClean™” So what does that mean?
Well…
prnewswire.co.uk/…/health-and-hygiene-announce-th…
“Something, something, duPont”? My best guess is that it’s a plastic that is non-porous so microbes can’t live in it.
This one says it’s infused with “Nano Silver”.
linhart.nyc/pages/nano-silver-toothbrush
Silver does have anti-microbial properties. “Nano Silver”? Who knows.
Really you’d have to read the fine print on each brush and do the research to be vaguely certain. :)
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 week ago
see thats the thing. I look all over the packaging and it does not say what it is doing it. Just this bullet point of antimicrobial.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In that case it’s just impermeable to microbes.