Irresponsible
This could be funny as hell if it wasn’t true..
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has branded a U.S. warning against using its toothpaste as irresponsible, saying low levels of diethylene glycol (DEG) were not harmful.
“So far we have not received any report of death resulting from using the toothpaste. The U.S. handling (of this case) is neither scientific nor responsible,” China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement posted on its Web site over the weekend.
As If we should believe China as well as the US government…..right, and what does China make with Quality? I know I shop at Costco and see it all the time.
Similarly contaminated toothpaste has been seized across Latin America, and in Panama, the government says at least 100 people died after taking cough syrup that contained DEG, an industrial solvent used in paint and antifreeze.
I have never heard of these brands….
The FDA identified products by Goldcredit International Enterprises Ltd., Goldcredit International Trading Co. Ltd., and Suzhou City Jinmao Daily Chemicals Co. Ltd as containing DEG. Brands include Cooldent, Clean Rite and Oralmax and are usually found at discount retailers, the FDA said.
Well, maybe the US Government is doing something for Americans…kinda…
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Raven on 19 Jun 2007 at Tue 19 June 2007 18:04:54 #
lol
COLGATE toothpaste has been found with this chemical in it- and now Colgate claims (with some factual evidence) that the tubes are counterfeits from China.
Just don’t but toothpaste from those Dollar Shops. THAT’s where we see all these fake name brands. And get this- the companies that own the makers of the fake paste are…guess what…linked to American corporations.
The chemical found isn’t going to harm a flea in the small amounts we’ve discovered. I bet a tube of Crest that we could find this crap in MANY brands of American and ANY NATION’s brandname toothpastes. Much ado over nothin.