{"id":220531,"date":"2022-12-31T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=220531"},"modified":"2022-12-31T19:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:07:55","slug":"uzbekistan-says-18-children-die-due-to-cough-syrup-made-by-an-indian-firm-blame-it-on-ethylene-glycol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/uzbekistan-says-18-children-die-due-to-cough-syrup-made-by-an-indian-firm-blame-it-on-ethylene-glycol\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan says 18 children die due to cough syrup made by an Indian firm; blame it on ethylene glycol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Uzbekistan says 18 children die due to cough syrup made by an Indian firm; blame it on ethylene glycol<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>TOI <\/b>on 30th December 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

India has sought a casualty status report after Uzbekistan claimed that at least 18 children died after consuming India-made cough syrup,<\/span><\/p>\n

Uzbekistan has said that the syrup had the contaminant ethylene glycol.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Ethylene Glycol?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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Ethylene glycol is a colourless and odourless alcoholic compound that can be fatal if consumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is mostly used as an automotive antifreeze and as a raw material for manufacturing polyester fibres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also found in several products such as hydraulic brake fluids, stamp pad inks, ballpoint pens, solvents, paints, cosmetics and plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is Ethylene Glycol used in cough syrups?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Usually, common solvents such as glycerine (also known as \u200b\u200bglycerol) and propylene glycol are used in cough syrups to provide a liquid base to non-water-soluble paracetamol or acetaminophen. These solvents also act as preservatives, thickeners, sweeteners and antimicrobial agents.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in order to cut expenses and due to the solubility of compounds like diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, manufacturers may sometimes substitute it for non-toxic solvents such as glycerine or propylene glycol potentially resulting in contamination.<\/span><\/p>\n

How toxic is ethylene glycol?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The ingestion of ethylene glycol can cause severe health effects. <\/span>As per CDC, central nervous system depression, nausea, vomiting, intoxication, euphoria, stupor, respiratory depression, and reduced excretion of urine can occur due to ethylene glycol intoxication.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cUzbekistan says 18 children die due to cough syrup made by an Indian firm; blame it on ethylene glycol\u201d published in TOI on 30th December 2022 What is the News? India has sought a casualty status report after Uzbekistan claimed that at least 18 children died after… Continue reading Uzbekistan says 18 children die due to cough syrup made by an Indian firm; blame it on ethylene glycol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10496],"class_list":["post-220531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700730265},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}