The FDA is now warning that there is a "low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury" to people who use the following brands of discount toothpaste: Cooldent Fluoride, Cooldent Spearmint, Cooldent ICE, Dr. Cool, Superdent, Clean Rite, Oralmax Extreme, Oral Bright, Bright Max, and ShiR Fresh Mint.
The tainted toothpaste has been spotted at bargain stores in Los Angeles, Miami, and Puerto Rico. The FDA has devised a simple test to evaluate the safety of your toothpaste: if it says "Made in China," throw it out. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER
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When the FDA says there's no evidence of something all that means is that no one outside the FDA has given them the evidence yet.
]]>If you were as elite as you thought, you'd realise both spellings are correct.
]]>Are you sure I can't use it?
]]>5. Contains fluoride (I know some question fluoride in a 'natural' toothpaste, but I prefer my swiss cheese holey, not my teeth).
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1. saccharin free (why the hell people need toothpaste to taste sweet is beyond me)
2. propylene glycol free
3. sodium laurel sulfate free (Tom's isn't - it's canker sore paradise!)
4. better tasting - just fresh and clean without being sweet.
It's a typo. It was supposed to be ShiT Fresh Mint.
Flouride?... Is that Chinese for "antifreeze"?
]]>But hey, I see an opportunity here for the makers of Cooldent.
New and Improved Cooldent..now with 50% less poison!
]]>Why not just skip the middleman and make your own, if corporate responsibility is a big concern.
1 cup baking soda
1/3 cup salt
3 teaspoons glycerin
Flavoring for taste (wintergreen or peppermint oil)
Mix baking soda and salt together. Add 3 teaspoons of glycerin and mix thoroughly. Add flavoring to taste; five to 10 drops usually works, but find out what is best for you. Put paste into a squeeze bottle. Use as you would commercial toothpaste.
You can add a drop of food coloring to add a little color. Add a little more glycerin for thicker toothpaste.
]]>& the best the gov't can come up with is "throw it out"?
not good enough. last time i checked, i paid for that tainted item. the company it came from received compensation for violating government standards. i want reimbursement. i want people to go to jail. & i want the government to start doing the job we're paying them for or i want my goddamn tax money back.
seriously. how much is it costing us to staff the fda these days? a few hundred million? a few billion maybe? screw that. how much does a rubber stamp cost these days - $10?
]]>Why can't we do this?
I have to agree. I don't understand why people flock to Wal-Marts and buy their cheap Chinese electronics, only to keep replacing them every 6 months and filling landfills with their faulty electronics. Spend a little more and buy a quality piece of electronics that will last years instead of months. Same goes for tools. I prefer to have something that I know will last through a job instead of having it break, smash my knuckles, put me through a cursing fit and then have to go to the store to replace it in the middle of a job.
]]>It often -- not always, but more often these days -- seems to come down to this: you get what you pay for.
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Hey...too bad we can't apply that to everything
"If it says Made in China, throw it out!"
]]>Find some Chinese catfish to chew on.
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