NewsWhore
05-21-2007, 05:50 PM
The Customs department's intelligence office has seized several thousand tubes of contaminated toothpaste that entered the country from Panama, perhaps several months ago. The toothpaste, sold under the brand names "Mr. Cool" and "Excel" was made and packaged in China, and has been reported to contain diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient that according to the New York Times, caused over three hundred deaths in Panama when it was substituted for glycerin in children's cough medicines. (http://itbuda.com/?cat=25). Diario Libre says that the toothpaste entered the country through the Caucedo Port and was distributed in the poorer barrios of Santo Domingo and the provinces of Azua and Barahona. According to reports, a total of 116,000 packages were imported by a series of commercial enterprises in Santo Domingo. Environmental workers and members of the Civil Defense volunteer corps are working to locate stocks of the product. Prolonged use of the substance is said to lead to kidney failure.
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