A U.K. businessman has been charged with selling a teeth-whitening pen that contains more than 100 times the legal levels of hydrogen peroxide, Kent Online reported.
Trading Standards Institute investigators, who prosecuted the case, cited serious potential health consequences that could stem from using the pen, the article noted. The investigators found that Thai Tran, director of All White 3000, was selling pens with a hydrogen peroxide concentration of 10.9%, or 109 times the maximum permissible limit of 0.1%.
Tran was fined 715 pounds ($1,140 U.S.) after pleading guilty to five charges. He was charged under the Consumer Protection Act.
Unsafe whitening products have become a target for the Trading Standards Institute, Kent Online noted. Simon Liu, a sole trader in Oldham, was fined in July after he was caught selling whitening products on eBay containing 124 times the permitted level of hydrogen peroxide.
