48 DEAD, 5 BLIND: NAFDAC TRACES ONDO ILLNESSES TO ALCOHOLIC CONCOCTION, CAUTIONS PUBLIC AGAINST UNREGISTERED DRINKS
NAFDAC has linked a suspected locally prepared alcoholic and herbal concoction to 182 cases of severe illness and 48 deaths in Ondo State, with five people reportedly rendered totally blind after consuming the substance. Preliminary laboratory tests detected high concentrations of toxic methanol in samples of the drink, raising fresh concerns over the dangers […]
