New Delhi: At least 14 children died of kidney failure in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district after consuming a contaminated cough syrup, Coldrif.

The syrup, which was manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceuticals in Tamil Nadu, was found to be adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a poisonous industrial solvent commonly used in antifreeze and brake fluid. Laboratory tests revealed that DEG levels, as high as 48.6 per cent, were present in the cough syrup that made the medicine lethal and unfit for consumption.

The deaths of children, most of them under the age of five, exposed regulatory lapses, delayed action, and medical negligence that allowed the toxic syrup to be distributed for weeks, despite early warning signs. Show Full Article

Media reports said that when the samples of Cold

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