At least 25 Pre-K students are hospitalized after having their milk cartons filled with SANITIZER
- 25 Pre-K students at New Jersey’s Early Childhood Development Center were rushed to a hospital after consuming “non-toxic, disposable disinfectant.”
- School officials said staff became concerned after noticing a chemical odor emanating from or near the milk, CBS Philadelphia reported
- The school district said the milk cartons were filled with the disinfectant, sealed and shipped with the milk
- The district said no children are currently sick and that emergency response teams have been dispatched to the school
- Several children were seen being escorted to a children’s emergency room on Wednesday
More than two dozen New Jersey preschoolers have been rushed to the hospital after drinking from milk cartons that were actually filled with disinfectant.
25 Pre-K students, ages three and four from Camden’s Early Childhood Development Center, were taken to a local hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after consuming “non-toxic expendable disinfectants,” the Camden City School District said in a Opinion.
School officials said staff became concerned after noticing a chemical odor emanating from or near the milk, CBS Philadelphia reported.
The school district said the milk cartons were filled with the disinfectant, sealed and shipped with the milk. The disinfectant is usually run through the vendor’s machines to clean them before the milk is sealed, the district said.
“Unfortunately, many boxes were filled with the disinfectant, sealed and then shipped with the milk. We pulled all the milk today and NO milk will be served until the investigation is complete,” the district said.
It was unclear which company had supplied the milk to the school, how many boxes might have been affected or if the disinfectant had also been sent to other schools.
Several children were seen being escorted to a children’s emergency room on Wednesday
25 Pre-K students at the Early Childhood Development Center were rushed to a hospital after consuming “non-toxic, disposable disinfectant.”
The district said no children are currently sick and that emergency response teams have been dispatched to the school.
Several children were seen being escorted to a children’s emergency room on Wednesday.
“This morning at our early childhood development center we investigated possible contamination of milk,” the district wrote in a statement.
“The substance found in the cartons was determined to be a non-toxic consumable disinfectant that passes through the vending machines before the milk.
“Emergency teams have been dispatched to the school,” the district added. “No student is currently ill, but have been taken to the hospital as a precaution.”
has reached out to the school district for comment.
Several people were outraged by the news and questioned how this could happen.
“How does something like this come about? The whole quality system is in question,” commented one person on the district’s Facebook page.
“Oh my god what’s wrong with these companies now they are trying to kill our kids it’s always something but thank god nobody’s sick,” wrote another person.
While others just reacted in shock and commented: “How, just how!” and what’s up???!!!’
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