From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine

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nospam@aol.com - 06 May 2007 08:57 GMT

From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
By WALT BOGDANICH and JAKE HOOKER
A poisonous solvent sold by counterfeiters and mixed into
drugs has figured in mass poisonings around the world that
killed thousands.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/americas/06poison.html?th&emc=th

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Pumbaa - 10 May 2007 01:19 GMT

Toxic syrup has figured in at least eight mass poisonings around the

> world in the past two decades. Researchers estimate that thousands
> have died. In many cases, the precise origin of the poison has never
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> onset of the rainy season, investigators are racing to exhume as many
> potential victims as possible before bodies decompose even more.

When a pharmaceutical company buys chemicals they are supposed to do an
assay on the ingredients and an assay on the final product. This would
certainly apply to Chinese ingredients if China is a major source of
counterfeit drugs. The government of Panama is the agency that is most
responsible for the poisonings. Do they not employee competent chemists
and pharmacists to test their pharmaceuticals?

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