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Toxic Toothpaste Made in China Is Found in U.S.
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jun 02, 2007 05:02pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Saturday, June 2, 2007 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Consumers were advised yesterday to discard all toothpaste made in China after federal health officials said they found Chinese-made toothpaste containing a poison used in some antifreeze in three locations: Miami, the Port of Los Angeles and Puerto Rico.
Although there are no reports of anyone being harmed by the toothpaste, the Food and Drug Administration warned that the Chinese products had a “low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury” to children and people with kidney or liver disease.
The United States is the seventh country to find tainted Chinese toothpaste within its borders in recent weeks.
Agency officials said they found toothpaste containing a small amount of diethylene glycol, a sweet, syrupy poison, at a Dollar Plus retail store in Miami, sold under the brand name ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste. The F.D.A. also identified nine other brands of Chinese toothpaste that contain diethylene glycol, some with concentrations of 3 percent to 4 percent.
Previously, only a few brands had been identified by health officials around the world as containing diethylene glycol and all of them listed the chemical on the label.
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