Tests showed that Coldrif cough medicine contained the toxin diethylene glycol in quantities nearly 500 times the permissible limit. - Photo: Reuters
LONDON: India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following consumption of a domestically made medicine.
The children died after taking Coldrif cough medicine made by Sresan Pharma, which tests showed contained the toxin diethylene glycol in quantities nearly 500 times the permissible limit.
