The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned consumers to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China, and issued an import alert to prevent toothpaste containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) from entering the United States.

DEG is used in antifreeze and as a solvent.

Consumers should examine toothpaste products for labeling that says the product is made in China. Out of an abundance of caution, FDA suggests that consumers throw away toothpaste with that labeling. FDA is concerned that these products may contain "diethylene glycol," also known as "diglycol" or "diglycol stearate."

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That was weird....

It was your antifreeze toothpaste, tommy. They're trying to keep us from knowing.

I have never heard of any of those brands of toothpaste.

Were we just briefly down, or was it my browser?

It was your antifreeze toothpaste, tommy. They're trying to keep us from knowing.

Heh.

I'm in ur b.org, hiding ur antifreeze

Were we just briefly down

Yes. In a weird way. It looked like a blank page was loading, instead of any error message.

Between this and the pet food thing, I'm getting increasingly nervous about things manufactured in China. I fully expect to wake up next week and find that all the cheap plastic crap in my apartment has started leaching toxic fumes into the air, causing my toaster oven to become self-aware and turn evil.

CB2 Child Robot is possibly the most disturbing machine ever built

DOES IT HAVE A PLAN?

all the cheap plastic crap in my apartment has started leaching toxic fumes into the air,

I suspect this is likely.

causing my toaster oven to become self-aware and turn evil.

This too, but I always thought it was the fault of Cthulhu, not the Chinese.