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"It Can Have a Rather Sweet Taste, Rather Sweet, and so It Attracts Children": a Hundred Antifreeze Poisonings Every Year

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Milan - stock.adobe.com The Poison Control Centre recorded in 2024 no less than 158 calls for antifreeze-related incidents, a constant increase in recent years, with 116 in 2020, 119 in 2021, 127 in 2022 and 130 in 2023."It's a liquid that is coloured, that can have a rather sweet taste, and therefore it attracts children," she explains. "As much as poisoning is fast."A simple lick in a child or 10 ml of pure ethylene glycol in an adult can give…
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Milan - stock.adobe.com The Poison Control Centre recorded in 2024 no less than 158 calls for antifreeze-related incidents, a constant increase in recent years, with 116 in 2020, 119 in 2021, 127 in 2022 and 130 in 2023."It's a liquid that is coloured, that can have a rather sweet taste, and therefore it attracts children," she explains. "As much as poisoning is fast."A simple lick in a child or 10 ml of pure ethylene glycol in an adult can give…

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RTL Info broke the news in on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
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