Cough Syrup Killed Scores of Children. Why No One Has Been Held to Account

September 14, 2023

(Reuters) – The WHO told Reuters the Jammu deaths may have been the start of a wave of poisonings, by medicines made in India by three other companies, that have been linked to the deaths of 141 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon over the last year. They are part of one of the largest episodes of such contamination on record. In all three cases, the syrups were found to contain high levels of DEG and a related chemical, ethylene glycol (EG). The WHO says at least 15 countries may have had tainted syrups on sale, made by various different companies. (Read More)