Toothpaste From China Might Be Poisonous
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The government warned consumers on Friday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.
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BEIJING, July 11 -- China banned diethylene glycol -- a thickening agent in antifreeze -- from use in toothpaste Wednesday, in one of its most significant concessions yet as it struggles to regain international confidence in the country's beleaguered exports.
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The US warns consumers to avoid using counterfeit toothpaste made in China as it contains poisonous additives.
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A chemical used in antifreeze has been found in tubes of counterfeit Colgate toothpaste, Colgate-Palmolive said yesterday.
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China risks damaging its global credibility and provoking social instability if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official said in a rare admission amid a series of scares over tainted products.
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U.S. authorities have added Chinese toothpaste to their list of imports from that country to undergo tests for chemical contamination.
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Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a potentially poisonous chemical was distributed to more places in the United States than initially thought, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
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A common antibacterial and antifungal ingredient in mouthwashes and toothpaste also can also guard against skin cancer. The surprise finding was presented Oct. 19 at the
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Canadian officials are investigating what appears to be a batch of counterfeit toothpaste that was found in Toronto, Health Minister Tony Clement said on Wednesday.
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After concerns over pet food, toothpaste, seafood and defective tires, China may now have to cope with another consumer product disaster: exploding mobile phone batteries.
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State inspectors said the counterfeit Colgate toothpaste contained diethylene glycol, a chemical used in some antifreeze products.
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Fish could give you cancer, snails meningitis and baby milk may kill your children -- barely a day goes by without some new food horror story in China. This is helping drive sales in another, though still tiny, food sector in China -- organic produce.
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NEW YORK -- After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: Find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as safe, pharmaceutical-grade glycerin.
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Turning the tables on the United States amid growing worries over dangerous Chinese products, Beijing said Friday some health supplements, raisins and pistachios imported from the U.S. failed to meet China's safety standards and have been returned or destroyed.
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Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person's health.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- A common antibacterial and antifungal ingredient in mouthwashes and toothpaste also can also guard against skin cancer.
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China is urging Hong Kong to resume the sale of three brands of Chinese toothpaste containing a chemical found in antifreeze, saying the small amounts involved were harmless to people.