Poisonous diethylene glycol laced glycerin rather than glycerin was mixed into cough syrup that led to the debilitating sickness in 86 children mostly under the age of five in Haiti. Out of the 86 children, only nine survived. Unknowingly, Diethylene glycol, under the name glycerin, was added to cough syrups which lead to many deaths across many countries, Panama, China, India, Bangladesh, Argentina and Nigeria. The symptoms included kidney failure, misfiring of the central nervous system, paralysis, followed by death. Diethylene glycol poisoning was traced back to the facility in China where as part of cost saving, DEG was added to glycerin.
Reference: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00043194.htm; accessed on 09/04/2016
b. Toothpaste Made in China is Found in US. …show more content…
No reports of health effects or injury were reported. However, FDA warned that the toothpaste containing Diethylene Glycol “had a low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury to children and adults with kidney or liver disease”. Diethylene Glycol containing toothpaste were sold under the following names “Cooldent Fluoride, Cooldent Spearmint, Cooldent ICE, Dr.Cool, Superdent Clean Rite, Oralmax Extreme, Oral Bright Max, and ShiR Fresh Mint”. In most cases, diethylene glycol was not added as an ingredient on the
Reference: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00043194.htm; accessed on 09/04/2016
b. Toothpaste Made in China is Found in US. …show more content…
No reports of health effects or injury were reported. However, FDA warned that the toothpaste containing Diethylene Glycol “had a low but meaningful risk of toxicity and injury to children and adults with kidney or liver disease”. Diethylene Glycol containing toothpaste were sold under the following names “Cooldent Fluoride, Cooldent Spearmint, Cooldent ICE, Dr.Cool, Superdent Clean Rite, Oralmax Extreme, Oral Bright Max, and ShiR Fresh Mint”. In most cases, diethylene glycol was not added as an ingredient on the