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From http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sites-pull-illegal-toothwhitening-products-2057871.html

Leading internet sites have withdrawn potentially dangerous illegal tooth-whitening products from sale following an investigation.  Amazon, eBay and Google agreed to stop the goods being advertised on their pages after being alerted by consumer watchdog Which?

 A European Union regulation adopted last year bans the sale of tooth-whitening products containing more than 0.1% hydrogen peroxide or chemicals which release hydrogen peroxide.  The limit was introduced in response to concerns that the chemical could damage teeth, lips or gums.

Stuart Johnston, from the British Dental Association, told Which?: “High doses of hydrogen peroxide can burn the lining of the mouth if it’s not protected.”  Peter Vicary-Smith, chief executive of Which?, said: “These products are illegal, but ineffective policing means they are still widely available. “We have shared our findings with Trading Standards and will continue to urge online retailers to boycott such harmful products being sold in their marketplaces.”

 A spokesman for Amazon said: “These items were offered by third-party sellers on our Amazon.co.uk Marketplace platform and have now been removed from sale.

 “Please note that sellers on Amazon are prohibited from listing, on our Marketplace platform, products that do not comply with applicable laws.”

 A Google spokesman added: “We have a set of policies which govern what ads we do and do not allow… If we discover such ads we will take appropriate action.”

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So Atlanta, Suwanee, Johns Ceek, Duluth, Alpharetta and Cumming dentist Dr. Ushma Patel with Center for Advanced Dentistry that prescribes teeth whitening in her office asks “what do you think?” On the one hand, consumers shouldn’t be using high-concentration bleaching products all by themselves. But on the other hand, the European limit of 0.1% seems incredibly low. For more on teeth whitening offered in her office visit http://www.johnscreeksedationdentist.com/dental-tooth-whitening.html or call 770-8847151.