Dollar Store toothpaste

[Mrs Behavin]

I don't know if any of you watched Dateline 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......

The last several years have seen the strong growth of dollar stores, outlets in which shoppers can find a wide variety of household items — everything from canned goods to motor oil — in one convenient location, with everything priced at $1.00 or $0.99 per unit. (No more sales clerks holding up check-out lines waiting for price checks!) Sometimes the merchandise found in dollar stores is just the same as what one might purchase elsewhere for a considerably higher price, but dollar stores sell it more cheaply because they've obtained supplies from manufacturers and wholesalers who are disposing of overstock or older merchandise for a fraction of the usual price. Often the items sold in dollar stores are inexpensive because they're produced and marketed by smaller brands, made from lesser-quality materials, of foreign manufacture, or were just cheaper merchandise to begin [See the attached file]
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One of the items more commonly purchased through dollar stores by budget-conscious shoppers is toothpaste. Everyone uses toothpaste — why pay $2 or $3 per tube in a grocery or drug store when you can stock up on it for $1 per tube somewhere else? In our household we've often purchased name-brand toothpaste in dollar stores, although we've noticed that our local dollar stores also stock name-brand toothpaste manufactured for foreign markets (usually Canada or Mexico) and off-brand toothpaste sold in "knock-off" packaging that mimics the packaging of more well-known brands.

 

[Haus]

i would never buy something like that from the dollar store. my old bosses daughter bought a 500 count bottle of asprin at the dollar store.

stupid if you ask me.

 

[elluko]

Blech... Flouride.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

i would never buy something like that from the dollar store. my old bosses daughter bought a 500 count bottle of asprin at the dollar store.

stupid if you ask me.

yeah me neither! I think the only thing that I have ever gotten from a dollar store was some birthday invitations.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I bought a Butterfingers from the dollar store once.

 

[Peter Parka]

i would never buy something like that from the dollar store. my old bosses daughter bought a 500 count bottle of asprin at the dollar store.

stupid if you ask me.

Here in the UK you can't buy that large amount of asprin. They restricted the amount you can buy a couple of years ago because of the amount of people who tried to top themselves on it.

 

[OUZBnd]

Interesting. I've always speculated over such things. Where is the link to the article you got your info from. I'd like to forward it to someone.

 

[OUZBnd]

the link...?

 

[Tim]

Here

or Here

or Here

Google is your friend.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

Ahh! Thanks Tim. Ya beat me to it but thanks anyways!

 

[Tim]

Ahh! Thanks Tim. Ya beat me to it but thanks anyways!

Don't worry, I got you covered, slacker.