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Five People Investigated in Cough-Syrup Deaths

IN BRIEF / PANAMA

October 20, 2006|From Times Wire Reports

Panamanian authorities are investigating five people in connection with the distribution of contaminated cough medicine that killed 26 people, the state prosecutor's office said.

The government-made cough syrup contained diethylene glycol, an industrial solvent commonly used in brake fluid.


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The deaths, and scores of illnesses, occurred mainly in the capital.

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