Posted on 08/23/2011 12:44:56 PM PDT by DemforBush
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.
Investigators suspect the victims consumed vinegar that was put in two plastic barrels that had previously been used to store toxic antifreeze, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday...
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From what I've read, ethylene glycol/antifreeze poisoning is a very unpleasant way to go.
What’s with the Chinese manufacturers’ obsession with antifreeze? They put that stuff in everything. Guess they’re he’ll bent on thinning out the population everywhere.
How in the world could enough ethylene glycol to kill a person be in vinegar? The toxic concentration is 20-30 mg/dL ingested. that’s no miniscule amount.
What? They didn’t even rinse out the barrells first?
Otherwise I don’t think it would have been a problem.
Vinegar is so so so cheap to make out of numerous ingredients. Why try to cheap out and adulterate it?
Thank you!
That was my thinking too. Unless they simply used barells that still had some in it, they would have to be claiming that rrace amounts leaching out of the plastic of the drum would be deadly.
And I didn’t think so
Jack - Still doing the Made in China Pinglist?
Haven’t heard from you in a while :(
Initial symptoms in massive dosage parallel alcohol intoxication, progressing to CNS (Central Nervous System) depression, vomiting, headache, rapid respiratory and heart rate, lowered blood pressure, stupor, collapse, and unconsciousness with convulsions. Death from respiratory arrest or cardiovascular collapse may follow. Lethal dose in humans: 100 ml (3-4 ounces).
Source: http://www.americool.com/MSDS-ETHYLENE-GLYCOL.pdf
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