In a world where health advice comes from so-called experts on Instagram and Tiktok, it’s increasingly more difficult to know what’s true and what’s not. It’s also likely you’ve recently come across a video on such platforms warning of the toxic dangers of dental floss.
It happened to me a few weeks ago when my mom came over to my house with a box of $10 “non-toxic” floss. My current, and cheaper, floss was putting my health at risk, she said. When I asked for more details, she said my floss has "forever chemicals" in it and those can get into my bloodstream via the act of flossing — or so she heard, on TikTok.
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