In connection with the mass poisoning concentrate “Hawthorn” the mayor of Irkutsk entered in emergency mode. Discovered an illegal workshop for the production of alcohol-containing liquids and alcohol, where, presumably, was made poisonous remedy. According to the latest data, has already arrested five people related to the sale of the deadly “Hawthorn”.
the Number of victims of surrogate alcohol poisoning in Irkutsk grew with each passing hour. Seats in the house is not enough to place them even had in the hospital corridor. According to the regional Department of the Investigative Committee, aware of the 42 hospitalized. Most were killed, others are in serious condition.
“Patients who were in critical condition with signs of acute poisoning, all patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit”, — says Eugene Vyhovsky, chief physician of the medical unit of IAPO.
the First victims began to arrive in the resuscitation unit of local hospital on December 17, and the next day Val patients by the toxicologists has increased dramatically.
mostly so-called socially disadvantaged citizens at the age from 35 to 60 years. They used some kind of cosmetic “Hawthorn” for bathing. ‘Where did the patients indicated that the source of the mass poisoning is one of the districts of the city, namely, in Novo-Lenine.
“Given the number of victims, it was a party. Currently, there are events for clarification where it was implemented and by whom,” — said Stanislav Zubovsky, the Prosecutor of Leninsky district of Irkutsk.
the Police are checking all the places in the area, where they could sell the “Hawthorn”. Investigators found two outlets. Detained suspects in the spread of surrogate alcohol.
Analysis of the contents of the vials showed that instead of ethyl alcohol was methyl alcohol or methanol. It is the most toxic of the alcohols. 5 ml of this substance is enough to cause serious poisoning and blindness, and 30 ml of methanol can cause death within 2-3 hours, experts say.
Such beauty, but actually drinking the lotions in many regions of the flow, usually in underground plants and sold without restrictions in vending machines, where at any time anyone, including the teenager, maybe cheap to buy so-called “panpuri”.
“This unfortunate situation was predictable. We have a state in 2013-2014 is sharply increased rate of excise tax. The rate was raised twice. We have repeatedly said that such a sharp increase in excise duties and the ensuing price increases will lead to serious consequences in terms of growth of the illegal market and growth of consumption of these surrogates for medical and household purpose. Due to the fact that the income of the population does not grow”, — says Dmitry Dobrov, Chairman of the Union of manufacturers of alcoholic beverages.
On the label it says “Product for external use”, and therefore responsible for the poisoning for producers. However, upon state of emergency criminal case under article “Manufacture, storage, sale of goods not meeting the requirements of security, entailed death of two and more persons”. MPs have repeatedly warned of such consequences and suggested to consider a bill aimed at combating this dangerous products.
“In the whole country due to alcohol killed more than 500 thousand. Is alcohol more. And killed mostly the working population, mostly men. Therefore, our measures must be more stringent against the traffickers surrogate products. It is necessary that such cosmetic products have been included in the list of alcohol-containing liquids so that they fall under Federal law, where there are other sanctions,” — says Nikolay Govorin, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on health protection.
Now these liquids do not fall under the law governing alcoholic beverages. Because they are issued for medical antiseptic solution produced by pharmaceutical companies, and on the same equipment, and in distilleries.
“In the course of control activities conducted by the Federal alcohol market regulatory service together with police officers, we are faced with the fact that illegal manufacturer away from industrial production. And there as raw material for illegal alcohol use pharmaceutical we’re talking about. Therefore introduced the Russian manufacturers of pharmaceutical substances”, — says Alexander Kulikov, head of the press service of the Federal service for alcohol market regulation.
on January 1, all pharmaceutical companies that produce alcohol-based tools that must connect to a Unified automated accounting system yegais, covering the entire alcohol market. Then buy large amounts of raw materials, staying in the shadows, it would be impossible.
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