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Toxic Toothpaste Seized In Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan health ministry said it has
seized some 40,000 tubes of toothpaste
containing a highly poisonous substance, Spanish
news agency EFE reported Thursday.
Health Minister Maritza Cuan said at a press
conference Wednesday three brands of the China
made toothpaste were confiscated at various
stores in Managua's Eastern Market and in cities
in the country's interior.
She said the product is believed be contaminated
with the potentially deadly diethylene glycol a
highly toxic industrial alcohol that could be
deadly to humans even in small doses if ingested
or from merely topical use.
Earlier this year some 100 people died after
they used cough syrup and lotion prepared by the
Panamanian Social Security Institute and was
accidentally mixed with the poisonous substance.
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