Sunday, June 03, 2007

Toxic Toothpaste Found in the U.S.

Before you brush your teeth, you may want to check the origin of the toothpaste that you are putting on your toothbrush.

The FDA recently advised consumers to discard all toothpaste made in China after federal health officials said they found Chinese-made toothpaste containing a poison in three locations: Miami, the Port of Los Angeles and Puerto Rico.

A New York Times article says:
Agency officials said they found toothpaste containing a small amount of diethylene glycol, a sweet, syrupy poison (which is used in automobile antifreeze), at a Dollar Plus retail store in Miami, sold under the brand name ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste. The F.D.A. also identified nine other brands of Chinese toothpaste that contain diethylene glycol, some with concentrations of 3 percent to 4 percent."

* emphasis mine


LogiPundit states that you should also avoid the following brands of toothpaste with may be tainted with the same poison: Cooldent Fluoride, Cooldent Spearmint, Cooldent ICE, Dr. Cool, Superdent, Clean Rite, Oralmax Extreme, Oral Bright, Bright Max, and ShiR Fresh Mint.

plez sez: in an effort to open up our markets to the world, we are also opening our citizens up to health dangers from afar. increased bouts of gastrointestinal illnesses and norovirus (Norwalk flu virus) (i was floored by one back in February of this year), salmonella outbreaks, e. coli in our food, pet foods tainted with materials used to make plastic, and now you can't even brush your teeth with confidence anymore. this country's problem isn't with the influx of immigrants from Mexico, it's with the barrage of unsafe food and products that we are ingesting on a daily basis which is coming into the US in an almost unregulated fashion (this article on the struggles of the FDA is quite chilling).

imagine that: a terrorist attack on the US via our food supply!

cheap labor overseas should begin to mean unsafe and sub-par quality for the people of the United States. until countries like china begin to regulate their exports to meet our specifications, maybe we should reduce (or stop) importing their foodstuffs until they do.

in the meantime, you may want to check that tube of toothpaste before you brush your teeth!

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Plez --> thanx for the 411. The odd thing is that i just walked over the computer this morning after brushing my pearly whites. I can still taste the fluoride ... fortunately, I live in Cincinnati OH ... so I usually support Procter & Gamble's toothpaste brands (smile).

Have a great Sunday and check out my Manic Monday post if you have a moment.

peace, Villager

Dave J. said...

Plez,
Seems like karma to me. We get back what we put in.

JohnnyB said...

Plez,

Thanks for the link. Interesting site, good to see some moderate voices. Will come back and visit.

dc_speaks said...

wow....thanks brah! I told you that I would be back to get more info from ya.

Keep on keepin on!

Jay said...

You right about unregulated foods being a much bigger threat to this country than immigrants. It's pretty outrageous what we are being exposed to and our gov't is simply ignoring it.

I got nailed by the norovirus over last Thanksgiving in Omaha, NE. It was brutal!

C-dell said...

Wow this is really crazy. one thing you think is safe, but I guess it goes to show that the world we live we have to be cautious of it all