{"id":26684,"date":"2023-11-02T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26684"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:29:17","slug":"cough-syrup-company-boss-jailed-after-200-child-deaths-due-to-toxic-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/cough-syrup-company-boss-jailed-after-200-child-deaths-due-to-toxic-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Cough syrup company boss jailed after 200 child deaths due to toxic substance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CEO and three other top officials of an Indonesian pharmaceutical company, Afi Farma, have been sentenced to two years in prison and fined 1 billion Indonesian rupiahs (\u00a351,786) after their cough syrup was linked to the deaths of more than 200 children.<\/p>\n

The cough syrup was found to contain a dangerous substance called ethylene glycol, which is used in things like paint and brake fluid.<\/p>\n

The syrup should have had a safe ingredient called propylene glycol instead. Between October 2021 and February 2022, the company received supplies with the wrong ingredient.<\/p>\n

The company failed to check the ingredients properly, trusting the safety certificates from their supplier.<\/p>\n

The company’s lawyer argued that in Indonesia, there aren’t strict rules about checking these ingredients, which led to the tragedy.<\/p>\n

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The judge said that the company knowingly made medicine that was not safe for children, leading to the tragic deaths.<\/p>\n

More than 200 children in Indonesia died from kidney problems linked to this toxic cough syrup, and similar incidents happened in other countries.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also warned about unsafe cough syrups from India and Indonesia, calling for stronger safety measures to protect people, especially children.<\/p>\n