Please don't take my Aim away

I had an unforeseen and brief period of panic the other day. And all because of my favorite brand of toothpaste. I suddenly couldn’t find Aim at any of the stores. Had they stopped making Aim?! What would I do? Colgate makes me gag!

I guess I didn’t expect such a response from myself. Often times over the years, I’ve forgotten my toothpaste on some trip and used whatever brand was available. I’ve even used and been thankful for those little tubes the airlines give you on long-haul flights.

My favorite toothpaste is Aim. Aim is a brand of toothpaste from Church and Dwight and has a mild, mint flavor. I’ve purchased and carried Aim toothpaste from the U.S. for nearly 25 years. I even exported Aim during the more than 10 years I lived overseas. I used Aim once on an island in the western Philippines, just north of Borneo.

Aim has 0.8% sodium monofluorophosphate as an active ingredient and sorbitol, water, hydrated silica, PEG-32, sodium lauryl sulfate , SD alcohol 38-B flavor, cellulose gum, sodium saccharin, blue 1 and yellow 10.

I started to research all of these foreign chemicals I’ve put in my mouth every day for the past 25 years. The first ingredient I looked for was the “blue 1” listed on the tube. Not a good choice. The web site “Cancer Prevention Coalition” lists “blue 1” as carcinogenic. “FD&C BLUE #1, Carcinogenic.”

I ended up finding more supplies of Aim. But just in case, I’m going to start stockpiling Aim in case of any manufacturing disruptions, foreign Aim embargoes or bankruptcy proceedings of Church and Dwight.

I think I may be addicted to Aim.