Fort Bliss soldiers poisoned after drinking substance they thought was booze
Toxicology results show the soldiers suffered ethylene glycol poisoning
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Eleven soldiers at a military base in Texas have been hospitalized after drinking a poisonous substance they thought was alcohol, Army officials said.
The soldiers drank the unknown substance after a 10-day field exercise at Fort Bliss’s McGregor Range Complex ended on Thursday, Fort Bliss officials said in a statement.
Officials said the soldiers thought they were drinking booze, which is banned at the base.
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They then began experiencing symptoms between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. that same day.
11 FORT BLISS SOLDIERS INGEST UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE; 2 IN CRITICAL CONDITION: REPORTS
All were taken to William Beaumont Army Medical Center, and two soldiers were admitted to the intensive care unit because that are seriously ill, officials said.
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Toxicology results showed the soldiers — who are assigned the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command — were suffering from ethylene glycol poisoning.
Symptoms of ethylene glycol poisoning include seizures, going into a coma, and cerebral edema in some cases, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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The US Army Criminal Investigation Command is probing the incident.