Chinese Toothpaste Scare Spreads to Canada

wewant2no2 · Post by **wewant2no2** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:09 pm

Have you guys heard about this?

Chinese toothpastes labeled “Mr. Cool” and “Excel” contain diethylene glycol, a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze. The discovery alarmed Panama officials because that same ingredient killed 51 Panamanians a year ago after it was found in Chinese-imported cough syrup.

In response to Chinese shipments of poisonous toothpaste found in Central America, the Caribbean and Australia, the U.S. has decided to check all toothpaste shipments from China.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2 ... ste03.html

The Colgate-Palmolive company warned consumers this morning that falsely labeled “Colgate” tubes may contain diethylene glycol (DEG).
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2 ... all02.html

Mass poisonings attributed to DEG
It has been responsible for a number of mass poisonings:

The most infamous incident was the 1937 Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster in the USA, in which 107 people died after taking sulfanilamide dissolved in diethylene glycol.[3] This episode was the impetus for the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

In recent years, deaths from medicines adulterated with diethylene glycol have been reported from South Africa, India, Nigeria, Argentina, Haiti, and Panama. In Haiti in 1996, 85 children died due to glycerine contaminated with diethylene glycol in a paracetamol syrup produced by Pharval Laboratories, a Haitian company, which did not use standard quality assurance procedures to verify the purity of the glycerine (which was supplied by a Dutch company, Vos, from a manufacturer in China, but the point of contamination with DEG was never determined).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylene_glycol#Toxicity

TAKE CARE....

guest · Post by **guest** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:12 pm

Wrong section?

MaxPower · Post by **MaxPower** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:30 pm

Well those toothpastes aren't cool and don't excel. Yeah, that was corny as hell.

TagemandBagem · Post by **TagemandBagem** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:24 am

Terrorist Toothpaste: Al Qaeda's war on plaque.

homeofthebrave · Post by **homeofthebrave** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:45 am

84739579 wrote:Wrong section?

Fixed!

wewant2no2 · Post by **wewant2no2** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:10 pm

Sorry homeofthebrave for putting this in the wrong section the first time, But I thought it was an act of terror.

No one as far I know has taken a blame for adding diethylene glycol to these toothpaste.

MaxPower wrote:Well those toothpastes aren't cool and don't excel. Yeah, that was corny as hell.

Ya just a poet and didn't know 'it!

Terrorist Toothpaste: Al Qaeda's war on plaque.

Take care

wewant2no2 · Post by **wewant2no2** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:30 pm

UPDATE

Caution: FDA identifies Chinese brands

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified the following brands of toothpaste from China that contain DEG and are included in the import alert: Cooldent Fluoride; Cooldent Spearmint; Cooldent ICE; Dr. Cool, Everfresh Toothpaste; Superdent Toothpaste; Clean Rite Toothpaste; Oralmax Extreme; Oral Bright Fresh Spearmint Flavor; Bright Max Peppermint Flavor; ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste; DentaPro; DentaKleen; and DentaKleen Junior.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/nation/Health/10129845.html

Take care...

Mr_Cookie · Post by **Mr_Cookie** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:26 pm

i heard about it.. even went and checked my toothpaste to make sure it was genuine.

but didnt know about it being in canada as well

TagemandBagem · Post by **TagemandBagem** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:56 am

IMPORTANT UPDATE

U.S. GOVERNMENT IDENTIFIES CHINESE IMPORTS AS THREAT TO U.S. PUBLIC

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=3315045

It's the economy, stupid.