At least 48 people have died in Russia after drinking imitative bath lotion containing methanol , officials tell on Monday .
The dying occurred in the Siberian metropolis of Irkutsk . The APreportsthat local sanction went threshold - to - doorway on Monday to look for other victim . Officials also declared a state of exigency , and the Russian government reportedly issued calls for better alcohol ordinance .
Bath program and other inwardness that arrest ethyl alcohol aresometimes usedas chinchy stand - In for regular inebriant in Russia , but this batch contained wood alcohol , which is highly toxic and can be fatal when ingested . According to the AP , the lotion contain label that said it was n’t mean to be swallowed .
While alcohol poisoning from substitute alcohol productscan be vulgar , the AP noted the “ Irkutsk pillow slip was unprecedented in its scale . ”
Of course , “ foster intoxicant ” is n’t just a problem in Russia . In 2012 , at least 20 peoplediedin the Czech Republic after they consumed methanol - laced liquor . More recently , a former employee for Wells Fargoconfessedthat she drank bottles of hand sanitizer in parliamentary procedure to deal with the tension of her job .
Russian choice rector Dmitry Medvedev pronounce that such substances should be shun , given their potentially fatal consequences . “ It ’s an outrage , and we need to put an end to this,”he said .
[ Associated Press , New York Times ]
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