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Some people put antifreeze into their cabin's toilet to prevent it from freezing during the winter, resulting in toxicities when animals drink from the toilet. [9] Small amounts of ethylene glycol may be contained in holiday ornaments such as snow globes .
Antifreeze is a poisonous substance [36] and is considered to be very dangerous to ingest. The main ingredient which makes it dangerous is ethylene glycol, which, when ingested, is metabolized in the liver into various intermediate substances, which then get turned into oxalic acid. [37]
An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.
The antifreeze was found two days after a dog was shot in the same neighborhood, Utica police said on Facebook. The dog was taken to a nearby hospital on Feb. 18.
It also caused frigid conditions, brought hazardous travel conditions, knocked out power for tens of thousands of residents, and led to the deaths of at least 10 people throughout the U.S.
The 1985 Austrian diethylene glycol wine scandal (German: Glykolwein-Skandal) was an incident in which several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated their wines using the toxic substance diethylene glycol (a minor ingredient in some brands of antifreeze) to make the wines taste sweeter and more full-bodied in the style of late harvest wines. [1]
Grated Cheese. Throwing a bag of grated cheese in the freezer just feels … wrong. But multiple Redditors say that shredded cheese fares better than blocks or slices.
When 105 people died in 15 states during the months of September and October, the trail led back to the elixir, and the toxic potential of this chemical was revealed. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] This episode was the impetus for the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. [ 25 ]