[PHOTO] Toxic toothpaste scandal: images help foreigners ID brands

/ Graphic by Cho Sang-won

By Lee Jin-a

Foreigners living in Korea are having trouble identifying the toothpastes involved in AmorePacific's toxic chemical scandal because of language barriers.

On Tuesday, AmorePacific halted the sale of 11 toothpastes found to contain the same toxic chemicals used in Oxy Reckitt Benckiser's humidifier sterilizers that have been blamed for killing more than 100 people.

The company recalled the products and said customers can get refunds from stores or at AmorePacific's customer service center without receipts.

Asked what the official English names of the 11 toothpastes are, a company spokeswoman told The Korea Times they do not have them because the products were never exported.

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But The Korea Times has been able to get the English names of six of the products from the company's website and prepared images with those names.

Readers are encouraged to print out the images to get a refund.

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