Every parent has probably felt pressure to buy their child a brightly coloured iced slushie, a creamy frappuccino or an energy drink — and once they succumbed, wondered what on earth was actually in them. This week that became a little clearer when a study from University College Dublin found a link between frozen slushies and glycerol intoxication syndrome, with researchers highlighting that 21 children in the UK and Ireland have been admitted unconscious to A&E in the past six years after drinking them. Most of the children had fallen ill within an hour of drinking a slushie and all made a quick recovery. This report follows research from Cancer Research UK that found children aged between 11 and 18 drink the equivalent of

Source: The Times March 13, 2025 10:50 UTC