Diethylene Glycol

Diethylene Glycol

After being given contaminated paracetamol syrup in the 1980s to early 1990s many infants died of renal failure. Lack of monitoring of the government of Bangladesh agency resulted in history. Diethyleneglycol solvent generally used in plastic, rubberand textile and leatherdying industriethat was used in the preparation of the paracetamol syrup. Because cheap but deadly substitute for propylene glycol. The product was described as a suspension package. To identify the cause behind the death it took almost a decade to identify the cause. The diethylene is less expensive and can be bought only tk200 per litre. Due to lack of facilities the drug administration may not identify immediately the adulteration of the solvent.

Even the pracetamol case also proves that people suffer mostly in the village for the medicine adulteration. Businessman does it just to keep the production cost cheaper to give more commission to the retailers.

We know many countries in the world have overcome the crisis taking proper steps. Bangladesh government should take public marketing for the welfare of the public health and take drastic action against the culprits.