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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 [...]

Reckitt Benckiser CEO Apologizes over Deadly Humidifier Sterilizers

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of Britain-based Reckitt Benckiser formally apologized over its toxic humidifier sterilizers that claimed many lives in South Korea, a parliamentary special committee probing the scandal said Thursday. The so-called Oxy humidifier disinfectant case came to light after four pregnant women died of unknown lung problems in 2011. [...]