HSA recalls 3 toothpastes because of poisonous ingredients

• sbst275

  5 Jun 07, 20:12

  Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has recalled three China-made toothpastes because they contain Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a potentially poisonous ingredient.
  
  DEG is a cheap industrial solvent dangerously used as a substitute for sweet-tasting glycerin in toothpastes.
  
  The three products found to contain DEG are Hei Mei toothpaste, Hei Mei Calcium toothpaste and Maxam toothpaste with Fluoride.
  
  DEG has been blamed for the death of thousands of people worldwide, with mass poisonings in Panama, India, Haiti, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Argentina and China in the past two decades. - CNA/ch
  
  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/280379/1/.html
• the Bear

  5 Jun 07, 20:13

  singapore got any people die or not?
• missqi

  5 Jun 07, 20:13

  always use colgate!
  
• sbst275

  5 Jun 07, 20:13

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  singapore got any people die or not?

  Dun think so yet...
• sbst275

  5 Jun 07, 20:14

  Originally posted by missqi:

  always use colgate!
  

  Sorry
  
  But if I could remember, this Colgate Total SKUs are from PRC
• Trump_Card

  5 Jun 07, 20:14

  Wat else can u expect from a china-made brand ?
• the Bear

  5 Jun 07, 20:14

  yah.. i kinda got used to colgate too
  
  too lazy to change since very easy to buy too..
  
  wonder what brands they are?
  
  

  Originally posted by missqi:

  always use colgate!
  

• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  5 Jun 07, 20:15

  hei mei ya gao is not hei ren ya gao?
• laurence82

  5 Jun 07, 20:15

  buy the usual brand should be allright
  
  like colgate or darlie or oral b
  
  wonders who actually go buy hei mei toothpaste?
  
  
• sbst275

  5 Jun 07, 20:16

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  yah.. i kinda got used to colgate too
  
  too lazy to change since very easy to buy too..
  
  wonder what brands they are?
  
  

  I've seen 1 of the affected brand bef...
  
  Maxam (spelling)
• the Bear

  5 Jun 07, 20:17

  the hell-o-moto fella..
  
  probably explains the deterioration of his brain
  
  

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  buy the usual brand should be allright
  
  like colgate or darlie or oral b
  
  wonders who actually go buy hei mei toothpaste?
  
  

• Kenashi

  5 Jun 07, 20:20

  always a darlie user
• sbst275

  6 Jun 07, 17:13

  Apparently the PRC manufactures started to use this 7 to 8 years ago in a bid to cut cost and they found that a small amount of it would not be able to cause any negative impact to human health....
  
  wth...
• elindra

  6 Jun 07, 17:30

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Apparently the PRC manufactures started to use this 7 to 8 years ago in a bid to cut cost and they found that a small amount of it would not be able to cause any negative impact to human health....
  
  wth...

  Win
  
  Anyway I'm stuck with Darlie and don't intend to change