Chinese Toothpaste Scare Spreads to Canada
Posted: 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
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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
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