dana tierney wrote:
> true, and I didn't look actually. So which one was this, true,
> incomplete, not quite ot what?
>
> Dana
>
> > In fairness, it actually was a story reported on Dallas/Ft. Worth's
> > Channel 5 news. Just because it's on snopes doesn't mean it's an urban
> > legend. Some of the things on there thye have found to be either true
> > or *undetermined* or *not quite* or *incomplete*.
> >
> > From snopes:
> >
> >
> > Claim: Dollar stores sell expired and foreign, non-ADA-approved
> > formulations of toothpaste.
> >
> > Status: Incomplete.
> >
> > Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: Dollar Store Toothpaste(s)
> >
> > I don't know if any of you watched Channel 5 News last night, but they
> > did an investigation on dollar stores (including Dollar Tree,
> > Greenbacks & 99 Cents). They discovered the Crest, Colgate and other
> > brand name toothpastes weren't the same as from Wal-mart, grocery
> > stores etc. The toothpastes were manufactured in many other countries
> > and are not approved by the American Dental Association (ADA). There
> > was even some from South Africa and the fluoride is ten times stronger
> > than what we're allowed in the U.S. (prescription strength). They're
> > allowed stronger because they don't have fluoridated water (like we
> > do). So if we (or our kids) use it often and occasionally swallow it,
> > we could be poisoning ourselves. The dollar stores declined to comment
> > and a full investigation has begun. So stick to paying full-price at
> > the grocery store and send this e-mail to anyone who shops at dollar
> > stores.
> >
> >
> > Origins: An NBC-affiliated television station in Dallas (KXAS) did
> > air the report summarized above — about finding expired and
> > non-approved foreign formulations of toothpaste for sale in discount
> > stores — on 11 May 2004. We have not yet had a chance to look into the
> > specifics of this report.
> >
> > Last updated: 21 May 2004
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer
> > The Children's Medical Center
> > One Children's Plaza
> > Dayton, OH 45404
> > 937-641-4293
> >
> > http://www.childrensdayton.org
> >
> > "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is
> > inexpensive and delivered on time."
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/10/2004 9:05:13 AM >>>
> >
> > that's just the point. Too many people do that, then you have an urban
> > legend, which snopes makes it its mission to debunk
> >
> > >I just cut and pasted it as it was sent to me.
> > >
> > >????
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 5:56 PM
> > >To: CF-Community
> > >Subject: Re: don't know how true this is ...but...
> > >
> > >
> > >the funniest thing about the e-mail is the "I don't know if any of
> > you
> > >watched Channel 5 News last night"...
> > >
> > >My channel 5 is CBS. Back in Jersey it's FOX. Nobody receiving this
> > >thought to question the lack of a concrete source of this
> > 'investigation'?
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:38 PM
> > >Subject: Re: don't know how true this is ...but...
> > >
> > >approved
> > >> >by
> > >> >the American Dental Association (ADA). There was even some from
> > South
> > >Africa
> > >> >and
> > >> >the fluoride is ten times stronger than what we're allowed in the
> > U.S.
> > >> >(prescription strength).
> > >> >They're allowed stronger because they don't have fluoridated water
> > (like
> > >we
> > >> >do).
> > >> >So if we (or our kids) use it often and occasionally swallow it,
> > we could
> > >be
> > >> >poisoning ourselves. The dollar stores declined to comment and a
> > full
> > >> >investigation has begun. So stick to paying full-price at the
> > grocery
> > >store
> > > _____
> >
>
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