Experts have warned that slushies (flavoured drinks made of syrup and crushed ice) containing the additive glycerol can make children below the age of eight very ill. Examining the cases of 21 two- to ...

A leading UK food science expert has spoken out on the dangers of glycerol in sugar-free slushies, suggesting that using the e-number could be an 'unintended consequence of the sugar tax'. Professor ...

Children should completely avoid "slushy" ice drinks containing glycerol, which can make them very ill, until they are at least eight years old, say researchers calling for official health advice to ...

An additive -- glycerol -- can trigger toxic effects in young children. A new study warns parents to keep kids under four from drinking slush ice drinks that contain glycerol, an additive used to ...

Bright blue and shocking red-coloured slushie drinks – often sold from machines at cinemas and arcades – are a favourite treat for children, especially during summer. But new research is raising ...

Sipping on a slushie on a hot day is probably a core childhood memory for a lot of us. But that icy-cold sweet treat was just linked to a dangerous syndrome in children—who have shown symptoms in as ...

Prof. Fang-Jen S. Lee's team at National Taiwan University has discovered that an intermediate cellular metabolism molecule, glycerol, regulates the localization and function of the Golgi protein Imh1 ...

People still wash dishes by hand every day. The way we do it has changed a lot because of what people want. We want soap that ...

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slushy ice drinks containing the sweetening agent glycerol, researchers suggest. A number of youngsters have become unwell as a result of ...