This is absolutely horrible.You know the pain that a baby goes through when they are teething.Imagine giving your child some teething medicine to try & soothe them.But instead,your baby winds up dying from it!This type of scenario should not be a part of anyone's reality.Unfortunately,this is what the parents of at least 84 Nigerian babies are grappling with right now.Here's more on this story from Sky News:
"The ministry issued a statement saying 111 children have been sickened since the poisonous batch of "My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture" hit shelves in November last year.
Health officials in Nigeria said stores have been returning their stocks of the formula meant to ease children's teething pain, after 34 children died the following month.
But the health ministry did not confirm whether all the tainted products had been recovered.
Many bottles of the formula were determined to contain diethylene glycol, commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid.
Exposure can cause kidney, liver damage and may be fatal in large amounts."(END OF EXCERPT)Go here for more.
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