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  Glycerol is a common ingredient in cough syrups because it's syrupy, it's mildly sweet-tasting, lots of things dissolve easily in it, and it will prevent sugar from crystallizing.  Food grade glycerol is pure and safe to consume (it's probably in something you've eaten or put on your skin today), but sometimes glycerol intended for use as an industrial solvent or soap/shampoo additive is contaminated with ethylene glycol, which has similar properties (but is toxic).
  It's likely that somebody at some point in the supply chain thought they could save some money by substituting in a cheaper source of glycerol, or maybe they mixed up the two similar-looking chemicals.
context: The countries this happened in are Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. There are four additional countries where this cough syrup might have been sold: Cambodia, the Philippines, East Timor and Senegal. This has been going on since JULY 2022. >
  
  My personal philosophy is to not base my decisions of couple of incidents that blew up in the media, especially when the country is as large as India and China.  
  People gotta realize, this is a company, it doesn't reflect all Indian products ffs. The company should be sued the fuck out and has to provide relief to all the families, but calling it a nation-wide problem is factually incorrect. >
  
  Medication is not just any peoduct to take quality risks. That’s why most countries have great oversight of its production. This only reflects on the poor job of the government pr India doing that. It’not the only case, another Indian company has been asked to stop production of eye drops related to vision loss issues in the US this month. In 2013 US fined Indian company $500 million for several reasons. Since then , since 2007 they have sampled thousands of drugs made in India and more tahn 7,000 of them were declared “low quality. Ao you see, it’s not a problem of this one company. >
  
  The comment I replied to said anything you eat, not medicine.   
  And even in Medicine, The product should hold more value than the company. Where it is from doesn't matter. Does the medicine do what it's supposed to? What are the side-effects? What is the cost? The nationality of the company producing shouldn't matter at all. If company A has some foreign substances consciously added in it that has severe side effects, then Company A should be punished. Not the whole fucking country. >
  
  Crucial part:
  
  According to the WHO, the cough syrups contained "unacceptable" amounts of diethylene glycol and /or ethylene glycol as contaminants. "Levels varied for specific details of laboratory tests," it added.
  
  Ethylene Glycol.
  Diethylene Glycol.
  Anti-Freeze. They made kids drink anti-freeze. >
  
  I don't get it, if you're making shitty medicine why not just put extra water in it instead of poison.