South Africa’s health regulator said it is recalling batches of Johnson & Johnson’s children’s cough syrup after detection of high levels of diethylene glycol. According to Reuters ...

This is after the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria detected high levels of diethylene glycol in the product, which is toxic to humans and can be fatal.

1912 Congress enacts the Sherley Amendment, which prohibits labeling of medicines with false therapeutic claims. 1938 After an elixir containing diethylene glycol kills 107 people in 1937, Congress ...

The use of ethanol or, preferably, fomepizole for alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) inhibition is a mainstay in the management of toxicity due to ingestion of methanol, ethylene glycol, or diethylene ...