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Toothpastes with Toxic Sterilizer Chemicals Breed Anxious Consumers

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent discovery that Korea’s leading toothpaste products contain CMIT/MIT, synthetic preservatives also used in Oxy’s controversial humidifier sterilizer, has lead to rapidly spreading alarm among the general public. The discovery was made public on Monday in a statement from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS). According [...]

Korean Children Have Been Using Toothpaste with Many Parabens

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the permissible level for parabens on toothpastes for children has turned out to be much higher than that for other products including wet tissues for oral cleaning, many people are showing increasing concerns about any harmful effect from it and asking to lower the level. According to a report released by Kim Yong-ik, a [...]