Poisonings by the toxic alcohols (methanol, ethylene glycol, isopropanol, diethylene glycol, and propylene glycol) can cause cellular dysfunction and death, 1 but symptoms may be nonspecific. Delays ...

Known as methyl ethyl glycol, 1,2-propanediol, or propane-1,2-diol, propylene glycol, is a synthetic, clear, colorless liquid that is widely used as an additive or antifreeze within the food, chemical ...

Every year, Germany’s Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, a government-sponsored language society, chooses a word that dominated the news that year. In 2020, the choice was easy: “coronavirus.” This ...

The Centre has issued an advisory on the rational use of cough syrups in the pediatric population after the tragic death of 12 children in MP and Rajasthan. Laboratory analyses have confirmed the ...

At least 14 children in India's Madhya Pradesh died after consuming Coldrif syrup, found to contain a toxic contaminant, diethylene glycol (DEG). This industrial chemical, used in antifreeze and brake ...

The Health Ministry has confirmed that while samples of cough syrup collected in Madhya Pradesh tested negative for contamination, a batch of 'Coldrif' cough syrup from its Tamil Nadu manufacturing ...

Following the deaths of around 22 children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming contaminated cough syrup, the Ludhiana health department has launched precautionary testing of cough syrups sold locally to ...

Diethylene glycol (DEG) poisoning is a serious health threat that has caused mass deaths worldwide, including tragic incidents in India. Found in industrial chemicals, antifreeze, and sometimes ...

Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 5 (ANI): Following 14 deaths in Chhindwara allegedly due to consuming cough syrup, Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Sunday said that 48.6 ...