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From Bejing:

BEIJING - China rejected a warning issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging consumers to avoid using Chinese toothpaste because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.

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The FDA alert Friday said the agency found diethylene glycol, or DEG, in three products manufactured by Goldcredit International Trading in China: Cooldent Fluoride, Cooldent Spearmint and Cooldent ICE. The agency also found the chemical in one product manufactured by Suzhou City Jinmao Daily Chemical Co. Analysis of that product, Shir Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste, found it contained about 1 percent DEG.

The Official Word from the Chinese Government to the FDA:

"Screw your Warnings! We're gonna export whatever we can, no matter much DEG gets in it! The European Union has a weaker standard, and allows this stuff in, do you still think you're better than the French? and besides, our OWN scientific studies allow up to 15.6% of DEG before you start acting like your dogs and cats did on our melamine-tainted Wheat Gluten stuff! We can't understand why you Americans are so caught up in your health worries, anyways. We, in China, just breed more people!" Or something of the sort...

The FDA should have a burr up it's arse on Chinese imports, after allowing those tainted Dog and Cat-food products to slip in unnoticed (well, the standards are a little lower for pet food, I suppose, but many Americans don't think that should be the case, when it comes to their own Rover and Beatrice.)

Oh, it gets even better:

DEG was blamed for the deaths of 51 people in Panama after they took tainted cold medicine. China has admitted it was the source of the deadly chemical but insists it was originally labeled as for industrial use only.

Wow, I get those industrial-level colds all the time, don't you? You know, the ones where you just want to grab a gallon of Prestone and swig it for dear life? "For Industrial-use Only" cold medicine.

Hmmmmph.