You would think that we would have learned by now that products from China can be DANGEROUS for a variety of reasons.
Most recently -- our pets were poisoned and millions of dollars of products were pulled off shelves -- after it was discovered that pet food imported from China contained poisonous substances.
Washington Post article on this, here.
The FDA is NOW warning that they are putting antifreeze in oral hygiene products.
I guess poisioning our pets wasn't enough?
From the FDA alert:
Most recently -- our pets were poisoned and millions of dollars of products were pulled off shelves -- after it was discovered that pet food imported from China contained poisonous substances.
Washington Post article on this, here.
The FDA is NOW warning that they are putting antifreeze in oral hygiene products.
I guess poisioning our pets wasn't enough?
From the FDA alert:
FDA has identified the following brands of toothpaste from China that contain DEG and are included in the import 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; and DentaKleen Junior. Manufacturers of these products are: Goldcredit International Enterprises Limited; Goldcredit International Trading Company Limited; and Suzhou City Jinmao Daily Chemicals Company Limited. The products typically are sold at low-cost, “bargain” retail outlets.
In case, you have used any of these products, the FDA recommends that you advise them in this manner:
Consumers can report adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of these products to FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program:www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htmFDA news release concerning this, here.
(800) 332-1088
My question is, given all this, maybe we should ban all commerce from China! The cheap prices aren't worth it. Perhaps, a little consumer mistrust, along with goverment sanctions might rectify this situation?
Other problems caused by free trade with China are counterfeit goods (including medicine), rogue websites (Internet fraud) and their army of hackers stealing everything from money to industrial and military secrets.
If you would like to read about other issues, I've written about, which are caused by "free commerce" with China, link here.
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