Researchers at University College Dublin conducted a review of 21 children who became ill between 2009 and 2024 after consuming a "slush ice drink." A vast majority of the children, none of whom ...

Slush ice drinks containing glycerol, popularly called slushies, are harmful to children under eight years of age, doctors warn in a new study after a string of hospitalisations in the US and the UK.

Glycerol is a naturally occurring alcohol and sugar substitute which helps slush drinks maintain their texture by preventing liquid from freezing solid. In the UK, slush drinks – also known as ...

Getty At least 21 children were hospitalized over the last 15 years in the U.K. and Ireland after drinking slush ice drinks containing glycerol, according to a new study. The Archives of Disease ...

Scientists have warned children younger than eight should not be given slush-ice drinks containing the sweetener glycerol. Youngsters gulping down the cold drinks have become unwell with ...

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slush ice drinks containing the sweetening agent glycerol, researchers suggest. It comes as a study highlighted a number of youngsters ...

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slush ice drinks containing the sweetening agent glycerol, researchers suggest. It comes as a study highlighted a number of youngsters becoming ...

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 ...