Antifreeze-Tainted Vinegar Suspected in 11 Deaths (Ramadan)

Chem.Info ^ | 8/22/2011 | Associated Press

[Rio]

BEIJING (AP) — Vinegar tainted with antifreeze is suspected of killing 11 people and sickening 120 after a communal Ramadan meal in China's far western region of Xinjiang.

[Rio]

Might want to rinse out those antifreeze drums before putting vinegar in them...

[EagleUSA]

Coming to a Chinese restaurant near you!

[politicalmerc]

Apparently the Chinese aren’t very tolerant either...

[molson209]

Coming to a Chinese restaurant near you!

only eat in a Chinese restaurant if you see a Chinese eating there. I have a friend who delivers produce to some Chinese restaurants ,I’ll keep that to myself(gulp)

[El Cid]

Geeze, it seems like the Chinese are always putting weird/poisonous stuff in their food products.
A few years ago it was melamine. Today's in anti-freeze. And I think I forgot a few other things in between (actually I think it was just melamine -- but that was found in many different instances over a couple years).
Oh yeah, I forgot the exploding watermelons from a few months back (apparently they were loading their watermelons with some concoction to increase the weight... the people who actually grew the freak watermelons were smart enough not to eat it themselves, but apparently this didn't stop them from selling them on the market).

[sinanju]

This is what the stamping out of religion and traditional morality will get you.

I’ve heard it from those who’ve been there. Your average Chinee cares about his immediate family and friends and to hell with everyone else.

They happily poison each other and the world at large for profit.

I hope whoever mixed up and sold that vinegar ends up using melamine-tainted mouthwash someone else made and sold.

[dfwgator]

only eat in a Chinese restaurant if you see a Chinese eating there. I have a friend who delivers produce to some Chinese restaurants ,I’ll keep that to myself(gulp)

[Busko]

Lead in Toys for our American children and now this! What kind of free trade is this? Seems like free poisoning to me.

[Pontiac]

I wonder if the vinegar was Halal?

[gunsequalfreedom]

Antifreeze typically has dye in it, doesn’t it. The base chemical in antifreeze, glycol (either triethylene or diethylene glycol) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid.

For TEG or DEG to have that kind of health effect it would have to be in larger quanties that simply found in residue from an unwashed container. TEG and DEG are primarily toxic to the liver but trace amounts are not going to cause immeidate death, damage yes, death no.

If “anti freeze” was the substance that caused the poisoning, then liver failure would have been the cause of death. Again, large quanties would have to have caused it. What I can’t figure out is why someone would cut vinegar with a glycol, even if they thought it was food grade.

propelyen glycol would be the food grade variety of glycol. Have a look at ingredients in shampoo and moist and chewy cookies. You will find propelyene glycol as an additive. In shampoo it is used for dry hair forumulas because glycol attracts moisture, thus making dry hair not dry. The same goes for moist and chewy type cookies. It keeps the cookies moist.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Lead in Toys for our American children and now this!

The lead in the toys that came to the U.S. is the fault of a U.S. buyer that was not doing his or her job.

[magslinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOy2QCssTaI

[Bluebeard16]

“Coming to a Chinese restaurant near you!”

Their new take out special:

Dog chow mein delightfully marinaded with an old Chinese special recipe, served over white rice, fried rice, or riacin.

LOL

[Husker24]

What was that crap they put in the Drywall a while back? They built a bunch of new homes with it and all the Chinese Drywall had to be tore out.

[holyscroller]

A Chinese reestaurant near us got raided by the health department for having skinned cats hanging in the future. We used to tease and say “Let’s stop in for some Cat Foo Young.”