There’s still no global boycott on consumables but the Food and Drug Administration is finally doing something to protect American consumers from the growing list of poisonous products from China. They issued an import alert and warning to consumers to not only avoid Chinese toothpaste but also to throw any that you may have on hand out.
The toothpastes on the list may contain (DEG) or diethylene glycol, a component in antifreeze, and also referred to as diglycol and diglycol stearate. It is the same chemical that was unknowingly mixed into 260,000 bottles of cough syrup by Panamanian officials that had imported cold medicine from China. The tainted cough syrup killed at least 100 in Panama, most of them children, and is suspected in many more deaths in Panama and several thousands around the world .
The FDA lists the following products in the 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
- DentaKleen Junior
The FDA also listed Goldcredit International Enterprises Limited, Goldcredit International Trading Company Limited, and Suzhou City Jinmao Daily Chemicals Company Limited as manufacturers and indicated that the products were low cost items that are usually sold at bargain stores.
The NY Times reports that officials 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.
The toothpastes have been pulled from stores in the US including a dollar store in Miami.
Poisons have now shown up in pet food, feed for livestock, cough syrup, toothpaste, and fish products meant for human consumption — to name only a few examples. It is well past time for a complete ban on all consumables intended for both human and animal use that originate in China.
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