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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaraguan police seized 6,000 tubes of a Chinese-made toothpaste suspected of containing a chemical that killed at least 51 people in nearby Panama last year, the health minister said Sunday.
All U.S. imports of Chinese toothpaste were halted last week to test for diethylene glycol — a chemical commonly used in antifreeze and brake fluid.
Nicaraguan Health Minister Maritza Cuan told Channel 8 the seized toothpaste, labeled "Excel" and "Mr. Cool," had been smuggled in from Panama.
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