OT: Horror Story

[Kevin Brown]

For those of us who don't care to get a login to the NY times it would 
be nice of the poster to include a little something more than just the 
link to let others know what is in the link.

> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/06poison.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fB%2fBogdanich%2c%20Walt&oref=slogin

So, I'm guessing this is what the story might be about:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/chinas-toxic-syrup-a-global-killer/2007/05/06/1178390145340.html

A SYRUPY poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the 
modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in antifreeze. 
It is also a killer. And the deaths, if not intentional, are often no 
accident.

The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to 
misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often 
impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die.

Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting 
parents.

Over the years the poison has been loaded into all varieties of medicine 
- cough syrup, fever medication, injectable drugs - a result of 
counterfeiters substituting the sweet-tasting solvent for a safe, more 
expensive syrup, usually glycerin, commonly used in drugs, food, 
toothpaste, and other products.