U.S. FDA issued a warning on June 2nd for consumers to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China.  I am not certain if toothpaste bought in Beijing (that's made in China) might have these issues as well, but at the very least stay away from the toothpaste that has been identified by the FDA as poisoned. Also, this anti-freeze has been a big problem in Panama as well killing hundreds of people in the form of poisoned cough syrup.

Read on for the FDA list, there may be other ones as well, they are still investigating.

In its press release, the FDA said consumers should examine toothpaste products for labeling that says the product is made in China. Out of an abundance of caution, FDA suggests that consumers throw away toothpaste with that labeling. FDA is concerned that these products may contain "diethylene glycol," also known as "diglycol" or "diglycol stearate."

The following affected brands are: 

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.

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