Glycerol in slushies may make your child sick. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock Summer is almost here, so you may want to indulge in all things cold. Apart from chilled water, slushies may be your go-to ...

But new research is raising serious concerns about one key ingredient – glycerol. Here’s what you need to know. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, glycerol is ‘a thick, sweet ...

It comes as a study highlighted a number of young people becoming unwell as a result of so-called “glycerol intoxication syndrome”, which caused symptoms like decreased consciousness and low ...

Slushies containing the sweetener glycerol have been shown to make children ill. New research has looked into 21 cases of two-to-seven-year-olds in the UK and Ireland who became unwell after ...

Children under the age of eight should not consume slushies due to the ingredient glycerol potentially making them ill, new research has suggested. Researchers at University College Dublin said ...

Their research, 'Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks,' published today in the British Medical Journal's Archives of Disease in Childhood ...

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slush ice drinks containing the sweetening agent glycerol, researchers suggest. It comes as a study highlighted a number of youngsters becoming ...

The present Perspective aims to provide an informative overview into the biomass and waste valorization of furan derivatives and byproducts of biofuel refineries (glycerol) by reviewing the essential ...