Today's NYT has a fascinating story about Eduardo Arias, the man in Panama who discovered that a tube of Chinese-manufactured toothpaste was contaminated with diethylene glycol. As you might recall, this contamination problem turned out not to be unique to Panama; at last count, dozens of brands spread across 34 countries have been identified.
You probably didn't get a contaminated tube if you buy your toothpaste here in the U.S. Unless you're in lockup. (Which means "only" a few million people, but that's rant for another day.)
How did Mr. Arias make the discovery, which seems to have eluded officialdom worldwide?
He read the label.
Yes. Really.
3 comments:
"He read the label."
There's definitely a useful lesson in this story!
Crest contains sodium lauryl sulfate as an ingredient. Google that up and it's enough to make you turn British and stop brushing your teeth altogether! The tartar fighting toothpastes contain stannous flouride and the flouride derivatives apparently are a basic ingredient in many pesticides.
Guys, toothpast contains ground up glass. That's what my chemistry teacher in high school figured out.
How did we ever survive not knowing this stuff?
Maybe reading the news is a bad idea (ho ho ho)???
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