China toothpaste scare spreads

Nicaraguan police have seized more than 40,000 tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste suspected of containing a chemical that killed at least 51 people in Panama last year.

The move follows the seizure in the US earlier this week of all imported Chinese toothpaste to test for diethylene glycol, a substance used in anti-freeze and brake fluid.

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I just want to remind everyone that Propylene Glycol is also a substnace found in anti-freeze and industrial floor cleaners, etc. Propylene glycol is the "safer" anti-freeze substance only in that it is less toxic than diethylene glycol. Although approved as safe by the FDA, PG remains a controversial ingredient.