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Costa Rica Seizes Tainted Toothpaste
Yahoo News ^ | 5/27/07 | Associated press

Posted on 05/27/2007 11:59:26 AM PDT by ears_to_hear

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Health officials said Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at health.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chineseimports
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There is nothing safe anymore thanks to the globalization of trade
1 posted on 05/27/2007 11:59:29 AM PDT by ears_to_hear
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To: ears_to_hear
diethylene glycol

But it kills the germs that cause bad breath!
2 posted on 05/27/2007 12:00:53 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: ears_to_hear

Q. How do you know Toothpaste was invented in Texas?

A. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called “Teeth-paste.”

:)


3 posted on 05/27/2007 12:01:28 PM PDT by GovernmentIsTheProblem (Amnesty alone didn't kill the GOP - socialism did long ago. The stench you smell now is it's corpse.)
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To: ears_to_hear

Sounds like the Wal-Mart CEO had better call his office.


4 posted on 05/27/2007 12:06:19 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Bad spellers of the world untie!!)
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To: ears_to_hear

Wow this is crazy. I was just watching a Wife Swap episode and this really insane family who lived on a farm in Iowa ate only raw food, would not clean their home because of apparent disease in chemical clearners and used a homemade type of toothpaste of honey-butter and clay. Don’t even get me started on their homeschooling....not impressive, but I did not want to tell you everything without proof so I put the overview of this family below. Have fun reading...it is a hoot!!!

Haigwood Family

To Iowa farm-mom Barbara Haigwood (37), her husband, Michael, (39), and their two children, Lee (15) and Aleesha (13), a simple life is the best life. Living on a secluded farm with the nearest town 45 minutes away, the family prides itself on a self-sustained existence where food is grown, harvested and killed on their property with minimal help from the outside world.

The family lives by a raw food philosophy that includes raw beef and chicken, spoiled cheese and un-pasteurized milk. They brush their teeth with a mixture of home made honey-butter and clay and only shower on occasion, as “bacteria is their friend.”

Barbara bucks at the pressure she feels society puts on people to become prepackaged clones and tries to keep most forms of “mainstream” culture out of her household. She “unschools” her kids using farm chores as the classroom - if you call counting eggs a math class.


5 posted on 05/27/2007 12:15:06 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: ears_to_hear

WalMart is filled with Chinese toxic waste, oops I meant food and cosmetics.

All perfectly safe and healthy. I mean otherwise the FDA would have banned importation of Chinese food products. I am sure the FDA and Department of Agriculture are right on top of this.

Shut up and pass the delicious monkfish.


6 posted on 05/27/2007 12:15:41 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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7 posted on 05/27/2007 12:16:23 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: napscoordinator

I saw that episode too, and at the time I thought they were nuts.

I have decided to bite the bullet and to join an organic co op.

I used to think they were the nuts, now I will be one of them.


8 posted on 05/27/2007 12:21:51 PM PDT by ears_to_hear
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Shut up and pass the delicious monkfish.

Now with 30% more toxin!
9 posted on 05/27/2007 12:22:33 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: ears_to_hear

I just don’t think I could do everything they did. I mean I can see buying some organic stuff at the store, but to eat raw meat, not clean the house and not care about the education of my kids...not so much, but they did have some good ideas too. I just think that show is so funny especially when one family is always made out to be fools while the other family is pretty normal.


10 posted on 05/27/2007 12:25:09 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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“WalMart is filled with Chinese toxic waste, oops I meant food and cosmetics”

Walmart has no more then any other store in America.
Get a life :P

11 posted on 05/27/2007 12:29:55 PM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia)
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***I have decided to bite the bullet and to join an organic co op.***

Watch out for the E-Coli on the veges, Sallmonella in the raw eggs, and Trichinosis in the raw meat! Milk sickness in the raw milk!

Oh yes, Fungus in the raw grains!

Did I mention Hookworm, roundworm and tapeworm?

Make mine done!


12 posted on 05/27/2007 12:50:21 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: FormerACLUmember
Shut up and pass the delicious monkfish.

Now I have matching tooth paste to brush with . See how well this all works out?

13 posted on 05/27/2007 12:54:42 PM PDT by ears_to_hear
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
That "risk" has always been present at your local farmers market.

Pssss that is why you wash the food before you eat it :)

14 posted on 05/27/2007 12:56:29 PM PDT by ears_to_hear
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To: P-40

LOL. Cue classic Crest commercial.


15 posted on 05/27/2007 12:57:29 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: ears_to_hear

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Pssss that is why you wash the food before you eat it :)***

Sautee, boil, bake, fry! or Nuke it!


16 posted on 05/27/2007 1:04:02 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: mom4kittys

I bet you didn’t think your ping list would be this busy.


17 posted on 05/27/2007 1:09:01 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Only those who thirst for the truth will know the truth.)
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To: mom4kittys

Please remove me from the China ping list

thank you


18 posted on 05/27/2007 1:16:00 PM PDT by Basheva
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To: little jeremiah

I had no idea, but I think it is VERY important for everyone to know about.


19 posted on 05/27/2007 1:21:50 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Basheva

sure


20 posted on 05/27/2007 1:23:30 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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