Tainted toothpaste had wider reach than thought: report
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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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Thousands of people were told yesterday that they might have been infected with the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy through contaminated blood plasma products.
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Personal-care products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Friday there is a low health risk to consumers who purchased tubes of counterfeit toothpaste, which were recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. said on Thursday counterfeit "Colgate" toothpaste that may contain a toxic chemical had been found in discount stores in four U.S. states.
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Scientists in Rockingham County have detected higher concentrations of the gasoline additive MtBE hundreds of feet below the surface than in shallow wells.
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A deadly chlorine leak has added momentum to local efforts to curb chemical hazards.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is expanding inspections of imports after the recalls of toys, toothpaste and pet-food ingredients from China.
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The government warned consumers yesterday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.
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As many as 75,000 people may have drunk water contaminated by dry cleaning fluid at the Marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
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Health officials said Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.
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China is stepping up controls on dental care products, state media reported yesterday amid international alarm over Chinese toothpaste producers' use of a potentially toxic chemical found in antifreeze.
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Potentially contaminated body parts stolen in the US may have been used on British patients, experts admit.
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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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China has banned the use in toothpaste of a chemical linked to the recall of Chinese made products across the globe as it tries to reassure consumers its good are safe.
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A once-rare drug-resistant germ now appears to cause more than half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms, say researchers who documented the superbug's startling spread in the general population.
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BEIJING -- China's shoddy record in product safety took another hit yesterday after Japanese importers recalled toothpaste containing a chemical used in antifreeze.
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Although there are no reports of anyone being harmed, the United States is the seventh country in recent weeks to find a poison in Chinese-made toothpaste.