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    Augmentin contains banned plasticizer???!!

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    • D Offline
      Daddy D
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      http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201106070027


      \"Taipei, June 7 (CNA) A local TV news channel reported Tuesday that an antibiotic produced by a leading global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (GSK) has been found to contain a banned plasticizer diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP).
      The GSK's prescription drug Augmentin, which is primarily used to treat bacterial infections, has been found to be contaminated with DIDP, a substance often used...\"

      Saw this on Ch8 news... wonder if this is confined in Taiwan only... I believe a lot of children takes Augmentin... mine did...

      :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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        vlim
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        what is DIDP???..harmful to human???

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          SAHM_TAN
          last edited by

          Daddy 😧
          http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201106070027


          \"Taipei, June 7 (CNA) A local TV news channel reported Tuesday that an antibiotic produced by a leading global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (GSK) has been found to contain a banned plasticizer diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP).
          The GSK's prescription drug Augmentin, which is primarily used to treat bacterial infections, has been found to be contaminated with DIDP, a substance often used...\"

          Saw this on Ch8 news... wonder if this is confined in Taiwan only... I believe a lot of children takes Augmentin... mine did...

          :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
          OMG :yikes: Think my kid too... Is it white powder need to mix with water?

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            SAHM_TAN
            last edited by

            vlim:
            what is DIDP???...harmful to human???

            Think no plasticizer when consumed is good for our health, some more this particular one is banned

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              Daddy D
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              SAHM_TAN:

              OMG :yikes: Think my kid too... Is it white powder need to mix with water?
              Ya... that's the one...
              :faint: :faint: :faint:

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                Jennifer
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                The recent Taiwan banned additive is used in many foodstuff.

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                  SAHM_TAN
                  last edited by

                  Daddy 😧
                  SAHM_TAN:


                  OMG :yikes: Think my kid too... Is it white powder need to mix with water?

                  Ya... that's the one...
                  :faint: :faint: :faint:

                  What is the world coming too. So greedy even meds for kids also tamper. May the Lightening God strike the evildoer and may he/her/they know no peace in this life and the next. :mad: :mad: :mad:

                  Never cross a mother. :mad: :mad: :mad:

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                    SAHM_TAN
                    last edited by

                    Jennifer:
                    The recent Taiwan banned additive is used in many foodstuff.

                    Wonder will the consumer strike out

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                      Jennifer
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                      SAHM_TAN:
                      Jennifer:

                      The recent Taiwan banned additive is used in many foodstuff.


                      Wonder will the consumer strike out

                      According to the Taiwan news, this additive is used extensively in colourings, thickeners, flavourings in confectionery, ice cream, beverages. Many pdts are taken down from shelves. A main supplier with this tainted additive has been identified.

                      Now pharmactical pdts also kena :yikes:

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                        Happy Mama
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                        Jennifer:
                        SAHM_TAN:

                        [quote=\"Jennifer\"]The recent Taiwan banned additive is used in many foodstuff.


                        Wonder will the consumer strike out

                        According to the Taiwan news, this additive is used extensively in colourings, thickeners, flavourings in confectionery, ice cream, beverages. Many pdts are taken down from shelves. A main supplier with this tainted additive has been identified.

                        Now pharmactical pdts also kena :yikes:[/quote]Woah! Looks like it's really not safe to travel to Taiwan during this period then?... Unless we take great precaution on the food we eat... But then again, what's the point of going Taiwan when most of the food cannot be eaten, especially those at the night markets or push carts taste most delicious.

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