A Tale of Poisoned Medicine

The New York Times

Published: May 6, 2007

The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die.

Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting parents.

The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.

It is also a killer. And the deaths, if not intentional, are often no accident.

Over the years, the poison has been loaded into all varieties of medicine — cough syrup, fever medication, injectable drugs — a result of counterfeiters who profit by substituting the sweet-tasting solvent for a safe, more expensive syrup, usually glycerin, commonly used in drugs, food, toothpaste and other products.

Toxic syrup has figured in at least eight mass poisonings around the world in the past two decades. Researchers estimate that thousands have died. In many cases, the precise origin of the poison has never been determined. But records and interviews show that in three of the last four cases it was made in China, a major source of counterfeit drugs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/americas/06poison.html?hp 

Wasn't that a similar type poisoin that the Russian guy died of not long ago?

sounds like it happened to my uncle who die 2months ago...whenever he sick, he just buy medicine without any advice from the doctor....you can buy any medicine without go to doctor ... this is thailand!

Check out my website...www.partyprescriptions.co.uk If you type the featured Chinese product (NANGEN ZENGZHANGSU) in Google it will be the number one website. Go down about seven links and they say it's a couterfeit drug in Thailand, which is bollocks, as English, Australian, USA and NZ customs dont have an issue with it...Interesting post Mate. BTW... The Male anatomy is often reffered to as a/his BAT. The truth is getting exposed lol

what a surprise......China, the land of the cheap people who cut every corner possible.....also reference the BS the Chinese government is saying about all the pets in the US that recently died because of some greedy/cheap Chinese guy