{"id":46619,"date":"2024-01-11T14:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/drap-seizes-poisonous-solvent-used-in-cough-syrup\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:46:06","slug":"drap-seizes-poisonous-solvent-used-in-cough-syrup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/drap-seizes-poisonous-solvent-used-in-cough-syrup\/","title":{"rendered":"Drap seizes poisonous solvent used in cough syrup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Thursday said it seized a batch of contaminated propylene glycol solvent labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand.<\/p>\n

Dow Chemical, Thailand did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The move comes as authorities have identified toxic propylene glycol used in cough syrups as a possible reason for the deaths of more than 300 children in Indonesia<\/a>, Gambia<\/a> and Uzbekistan since 2022.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organisation has linked the deaths outside Indonesia to cough syrups made in India<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regulatory field force has taken possession of a contaminated batch of Propylene Glycol and is investigating the entire supply chain of this batch,\u201d Drap said in an alert, ordering the recall from local and export markets of any products manufactured from the same batch of propylene glycol.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe batch was labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn analysis of a sample by the Central Drug Laboratory in Karachi, an unacceptable level of Ethylene Glycol was found\u201d which can lead to serious health risks, the drug authority said.<\/p>\n

It said that Ethylene Glycol\u2019s ingestion can \u201caffect the central nervous system, and heart, and can cause kidney damage, which can be fatal\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was not clear whether any amount of the imported chemical was used in local cough syrup.<\/p>\n

The drug authority directed that finished products manufactured from any other batch of propylene glycol from Dow Chemical Thailand be put on hold.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Thursday said it seized a batch of contaminated propylene glycol solvent labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand. Dow Chemical, Thailand did not respond to a request for comment. The move comes as authorities have identified toxic propylene glycol used in cough syrups as a possible reason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/111802032de85ae.png?r=180214","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t