Toxic Toothpaste
July 13th, 2007
The pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today warned that fake tubes of its Sensodyne toothpaste on sale in the UK contain a chemical used to thicken anti-freeze.
The counterfeit 50ml tubes of Sensodyne Original and Sensodye Mint contained diethylene glycol, which is toxic to young children and anyone with impaired liver or kidney function, the manufacturer warned.
The alert comes a few days after more than 120,000 tubes of toothpaste were seized by Italian and Spanish authorities amid fears that the same chemical was being passed off as glycerine. The Italian and Spanish tubes were believed to have been imported from China, which is in the middle of a product safety crisis.
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