4-Year-Old Hospitalized, ‘Completely Unconscious’ 10 Minutes After Drinking Toxic Slushy: ‘Poison’
A recent study found that several children were hospitalized after drinking slush ice drinks containing glycerol. Now, one ...
Urgent warning to parents over 'slushies' putting young kids in hospital
Doctors have warned parents of an ingredient in slushies which likely hospitalised 21 children with symptoms of poisoning ...
Sugar-free slushies can make young kids seriously sick, new study suggests
Nearly all of the children in the study -- 94% -- experienced a drop in consciousness, 95% had dangerously low blood sugar, ...
Mum claims her ‘antidote’ for toxic side effects of drinking slushies ‘saved her kids from being hospitalised’
ROXY Wallis claims forcing her kids to drink fizzy pop saved them from being hospitalised after they fell violently ill ...
How ‘toxic ingredient’ in slushie drinks linked to sick kids may be used ‘to dodge sugar tax’ as shops ban sales
EXPERTS say the addition of glycerol to some slushie drinks may be an unintended result of manufacturers trying to dodge the ...
Girl, 4, ended up in hospital minutes after drinking slushy at children’s party
Marnie Moore, 4, was at a children’s party when she suddenly went ‘pale and unresponsive’ after her mum Kim, 35, bought her a ...
At Least 21 Children Hospitalized After Drinking Slushies with Common — and Legal — Ingredient, Study Finds
The Archives of Disease in Children reported that 21 children aged 2-6 were sent to hospitals unconscious in the U.K. and ...
Doctors Sound Alarm: Slushies Linked to Dangerous Illness in Children
A new study reveals that glycerol in ‘slushies’ may cause illness in children. A study published in the British Medical ...
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Children under eight should ‘avoid consuming slushy drinks’ after spate of hospitalisations
Glycerol is a naturally occurring alcohol and sugar substitute which helps slush drinks maintain their texture by preventing liquid from freezing solid. In the UK, slush drinks – also known as ...
Kids should be BANNED from drinking slushy drinks – over ‘toxic ingredient linked to dangerous syndrome’
AN urgent warning has been issued over slushy drinks in the UK after 21 children were hospitalised. Children under the age of ...
Slushies harmful for kids under eight, doctors warn
Slush ice drinks containing glycerol, popularly called slushies, are harmful to children under eight years of age, doctors warn in a new study after a string of hospitalisations in the US and the UK.