Saturday, May 05, 2007

This goes beyond dog food...

"Sun Jing, the pharmaceutical program officer for the World Health Organization in Beijing, said the health agency sent a fax 'to remind the Chinese government that China should not be selling poisonous products overseas.'"

-NYT investigation into *intentionally* tainted Chinese 'glycerin' diluted with antifreeze that was sold around the world. Antifreeze-laden glycerin was cheaper to produce and boosted profits. The doped glycerin was then used in pharmaceutical products that are responsible for the recent deaths of over 350 people in Panama. 4 other outbreaks of deaths worldwide due to impure glycerin bought from China have been confirmed to date.

1 comment:

Ren said...

I'm pleased to hear that we need to be reminded to not poison the general population.

What next? "Please be reminded that you should not push people off cliffs or tall buildings."