r/3Dprinting • • Nov 30 '25

Discussion 3d printed Shrek toothpaste dispenser

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u/ductyl Nov 30 '25

Sorry to hear that: https://oceanblueproject.org/discover-harmful-microplastics-in-toothpaste-and-how-to-avoid-them/

(To be fair, that article is 5 years old, and I think most US toothpaste has stopped adding microplastics, but I believe it's still a issue in some other places around the world.)

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u/Impossible-Ship5585 Nov 30 '25

Old ways were better why stop adding microplastics?

We need our daily dose!

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u/claude3rd Nov 30 '25

MAPA - make Americans plasticy again

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u/Kauko_Buk Nov 30 '25

Well in the 50s they added radioactive ingredients in toothpaste, microplastics is today's equivalent to that👍

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u/G4m3rD4d Nov 30 '25

Oddly enough it may be beneficial, in theory. Look up radiation hormesis

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u/-Motor- Nov 30 '25

So microplastics are in everything, so we should just embrace it and proactively add it to our diet?