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10 kids drink windshield wiper fluid at daycare

Staff put liquid in fridge and it was mistakenly served as Kool-Aid


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Ten children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at an Arkansas day care put the liquid in a refrigerator and mistakenly served it thinking it was a flavored drink mix, hospital officials said Friday.
Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, drank about an ounce of the fluid late Thursday afternoon before realizing it tasted wrong, said Laura James, a pediatric pharmacologist and toxicologist at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
Only one child remained hospitalized Friday morning after blood samples showed "measurable levels" of methanol, a highly toxic alcohol that can induce comas and cause blindness, officials said.

"All we know was that the individual at the day care had recently shopped and had come back to the day care with a lot of different products," James told The Associated Press. "This product was mistakenly grabbed and thought to be Kool-Aid and put in the refrigerator."
Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services, identified the day care operator as Carolyn Bynum in Scott, about 15 miles east of Little Rock. Bynum declined to comment Friday.

Investigation under way
Bynum had a state license to care for 10 children in her home and had no found complaints or serious compliance issues in the past, Munsell said. Child welfare investigators planned to interview Bynum on Friday.
"They'll go out, they'll get an explanation and they'll try to sort (it) out preliminarily," Munsell said.
Munsell said a suspension or license revokation could be imposed pending an investigation.
The toxicologist warned that many antifreeze or windshield wiper solutions have bright colors, which can be mistaken for fruit drinks.
"I think the take-home message is not to have these products in the kitchen or where you're doing any kind of food preparation," she said.
 
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= Kool Aid

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= Windshield washer Fluid


NOW, How Hard is that ! :ohno:
 

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I always keep my washer fluid, antifreeze, oil, etc.. in the fridge. Doesn't everyone?
 

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I could see mistaking the stuff for Gatorade or something like that because of the color but if it was still in the original container then no, I can't understand the mistake.
 
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I could see mistaking the stuff for Gatorade or something like that because of the color but if it was still in the original container then no, I can't understand the mistake.


I don't know, sounds like it was still in it's original container.

"All we know was that the individual at the day care had recently shopped and had come back to the day care with a lot of different products," James told The Associated Press. "This product was mistakenly grabbed and thought to be Kool-Aid and put in the refrigerator."
 
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Ten children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at an Arkansas day care put the liquid in a refrigerator and served it as a flavored drink mix, hospital officials said Friday.
Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, drank about an ounce of the fluid late Thursday said Laura James, a pediatric pharmacologist and toxicologist at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.

Only one child remained hospitalized Friday morning after blood samples showed "measurable levels" of methanol, a highly toxic alcohol that can induce comas cause blindness and produce fire breath like dragons of yore officials said.

"All we know was that the individual at the day care had recently shopped and had come back to the day care with a lot of different products," James told The Associated Press. "This product was grabbed and the kids told it was Koolaid."
Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services, identified the day care operator as Carolyn Bynum in Scott, about 15 miles east of Little Rock. Bynum declined to comment Friday.

Investigation under way
Bynum had a state license to care for 10 children in her home and had no found complaints or serious compliance issues in the past, Munsell said. Child welfare investigators planned to interview Bynum on Friday. They'll go out, they'll get an explanation and they'll try to sort (it) out preliminarily. We believe Bynum wanted to use the children as pawns in an elaborate effort to clean the windshields of cars at freeway offramps. Bynum was going to lent the children out to homeless individuals. The homeless individual carring the child in his or her arms would then have the windshieldwiper full kid spit on the windshield and then proceed to clean the windshield with a newspaper. Motorists would then be charged up to $5 dollars. Bynum would then get a cut of the profits." Munsell said.
Munsell said a suspension or license revocation could be imposed pending an investigation.
The toxicologist warned that many antifreeze or windshield wiper solutions have bright colors, which can be mistaken for fruit drinks.
"I think the take-home message is mix in ample amounts of alcohol to dilute the drink but not enough to wash out the pretty color" she said.

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Bynum wanted to use the children as pawns in an elaborate effort to clean the windshields of cars at freeway offramps. Bynum was going to lent the children out to homeless individuals. The homeless individual carring the child in his or her arms would then have the windshieldwiper full kid spit on the windshield and then proceed to clean the windshield with a newspaper. Motorists would then be charged up to $5 dollars. Bynum would then get a cut of the profits."




WTF??? Somehow mr21 is related to this woman.
 
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Bynum wanted to use the children as pawns in an elaborate effort to clean the windshields of cars at freeway offramps. Bynum was going to lent the children out to homeless individuals. The homeless individual carring the child in his or her arms would then have the windshieldwiper full kid spit on the windshield and then proceed to clean the windshield with a newspaper. Motorists would then be charged up to $5 dollars. Bynum would then get a cut of the profits."




WTF??? Somehow mr21 is related to this woman.

I think it was a Joke on the part of OccamsRazor :drink:
 

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Democrats would let their children go back. Repubs would find another provider.
 

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Isn't Arkansas a red state?

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4326

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Arkansas had over 1,993,031 residents eighteen or older. Of this number, 491,000, or almost twenty-five percent, did not have a high school diploma, and 170,420 had less than an eighth-grade education.


Typical stupid lefty. Yeah Cali is doing so much better. LOL I bet they will atleast get a state refund this year. How ignorant are you. Look at the Chicago and Detroit stats on graduation. Oh wait that doesn't fit you point. Ok forget it. Carry on loon.




This is a terrible terrible stupid mistake.
 

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Just realized that for the last two weeks I have been cleaning my windshield with Kool Aid. Wondered what the fuck was going on with all the bees.
 

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