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Your grandparents may have brushed with a radioactive toothpaste. 🦷
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Dark HistorySep 03, 2026

Your grandparents may have brushed with a radioactive toothpaste. 🦷

Your grandparents may have brushed with a radioactive toothpaste. 🦷 . . . From the 1920s through WWII in Germany, Auergesellschaft sold Doramad toothpaste laced with thorium — a radioactive element. The tube promised bacteria-killing action and a healthy shine through 'cellular energy.' Whitening ads leaned into the glow. Radiation, they claimed, was gentler than baking soda.

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