A cold medication made in India and sold in Iraq is tainted with toxic chemicals, says a report by Bloomberg News. According to Kashmir Media Service, this is the latest in a series of alarming revelations about syrup medicines used by children around the world. Bloomberg reported that a bottle of the syrup Cold Out purchased at a pharmacy in Baghdad in March contained 2.1 per cent ethylene glycol, according to Valisure LLC, an independent US laboratory. That’s about 21 times the widely accepted limit. The compound is lethal to humans in small amounts and played a role in mass child deaths caused by Indian-made cough syrups in Gambia and Uzbekistan last year. Bloomberg shared the test results with the World Health Organization as well as Iraqi and Indian officials on July 8. The WHO told the Bloomberg that it found Valisure’s test results to be “acceptable” and that it will issue an alert if the Iraqi government confirms the product was sold there. The Iraqi government has not announced public alert or recall yet. Pertinently, it was the fifth time in a year that testing has found an Indian exporter’s drugs to contain excessive levels of ethylene glycol. In … Continue reading Test shows India-made cold syrup sent to Iraq contains poison