Dental Care

Following up on the toxic counterfeit toothpaste news:

Discount Counterfeits Can Be Dangerous (FORBES): Discount stores that scour the world for deals sometimes give shoppers something they didn’t bargain for: bogus products of uncertain origin that may even be dangerous. A prime example: this week’s recall of toothpaste believed to be both counterfeit and toxic.
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Toothpaste sold in discount stores in four U.S. states and labeled Colgate (described as counterfeit by Colgate) are being recalled because they may contain a poisonous chemical, according to the importer of the tubes.
A Food and Drug Administration official, Doug Arbesfeld, confirmed Wednesday that testing had found the chemical in a product with the Colgate [...]