Posted on 06/01/2007 6:41:59 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
Consumers were advised on Friday to discard all toothpaste made in China after federal health officials said they found Chinese-made toothpaste containing a poison related to a chemical used in 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 have 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. F.D.A. 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 Flouride Paste. The F.D.A. also identified another nine brands of Chinese toothpaste that contain diethylene glycol, some with concentrations of between 3 percent and 4 percent.
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I’m gonna sue!!
The Saudis are our friends.
The Russians are our friends.
And the ChiComs are an important trade partner. Sorry about your kids and pets....
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Hey free traders... this is what you wanted.
>>>The agency said toothpaste containing diethylene glycol is sold under the names of Cooldent Flouride, Cooldent Spearmint; Cooldent ICE; Dr. Cool; Superdent, Clean Rite, Oralmax Extreme, Oral Bright, Bright Max, and ShiR Fresh Mint.<<<
President Bush seems to be a pretty crappy judge of character right now.
The Saudis are our friends.
The Russians are our friends.
And the ChiComs are an important trade partner. Sorry about your kids and pets....
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Let’s not forget about all those hardworking illegal immigrants. So grateful they’ll do those $15 hour jobs that us Americans are too good for. Never mind that $15 (free and clear of taxes, Social Security which they are still entitled to, welfare because they aren’t *really* working) that is worth $30 in their own country. Yeah, he sees the world as it really is.
It’s all bad news:
You can no longer drink diet drinks with Sodium Benzoate.
You can get antibiotic resistant TB on your flight to Europe.
You pets are poisoned.
You cannot brush your teeth.
Paris Hilton is going to jail, Lilo to rehab, and Britney has jumped the shark.
What’s next?
I received TRI-LEAF Spearment toothpast while in the hospital last year, given to me by the hospital staff. Made in China. I found several tubes of it a few weeks ago and threw it in the trash.
How much more does this have to happen before people wise up and stop buying any consumable made in China?
There was an article early about a guy on a flight with measles too.
But in defense of him too, Clinton is the one who made buddy buddy and did the NAFTA deal with China.
I haven’t gotten the chicken pox yet.
What, keeping the Chinese market open to us, while having them give us a great excuse to close ours to them? Sounds great.
Don’t worry, China exports that too.
/bad joke
“Consumers were advised on Friday to discard all toothpaste made in China”
How pitiful is this? I mean we even import our TOOTHPASTE from China. The USA is getting to be a total joke !!!
LOL!
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