10 Kids Sick After Drinking Wiper Fluid

Kids Arkansas  Hospital officials say 10 children
drank windshield wiper fluid after staffers at an Arkansas daycare
center mistook the liquid for Kool-Aid.
by Associated Press
Published: Fri, March 13, 2009 - 7:00 am CST
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Hospital officials say 10 children
drank windshield wiper fluid after staffers at an Arkansas daycare
center mistook the liquid for Kool-Aid.
A pediatrician at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock
says the children, ages 2 to 6, are OK, but continue to be
monitored. The doctor said each child drank about an ounce late
Thursday afternoon.
The hospital did not identify the Scott community daycare. State
child welfare officials did not immediately return a call for
comment Friday.
The fluid contained toxic alcohols. A pediatric toxicologist
says those chemicals can cause kidney damage and blindness.
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Yeah I worked at a daycare in Tuscaloosa and the only liquids the children got were milk, apple juice, or water; i believed they always had milk at lunch and then for morning and afternoon snacks it was apple juice or water—— NO KOOL AID!!!

What is wrong with serving water? Juice is useless! Sugar is sugar. Give those kids the real thing and let them bite into FIBER! An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To my notion at my sons daycare they only get apple juice or milk. I believe even regular school is the same way….there’s no excuse for this attall!

Much more to the story on Yahoo News.

“The windshield wiper fluid was bought with several other items on a recent shopping trip, James told The Associated Press. “This product was mistakenly grabbed and thought to be Kool-Aid and put in the refrigerator,” she said.”

The woman may have never dealt with washer fluid before. Whoever made the purchases should’ve separated the items at the car.

some people do drink this stuff dont they, maybe the person preparing the meals wasnt that put off by it and didint recognize it as being bad!

seek i really got a chuckle out of that thanks

What kind of daycare serves Kool-Aid anyways? Not mine. That’s not healthy at all. What do they serve them for lunch? Probably chilli cheese fries and m&ms;.

oh such a BIG law suit… those poor kids….im very glad they are all doing comparitively ok…seriously people cant tell the difference?

All the wiper fluid I’ve used had a strong oder. Could the person not smell?

How could the teachers have mistook windshield cleaner for kool-aid.  Someone plainly was not paying attention.  I hope all will be fine.  Sounds like they will be OK.

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