Toxic cough syrup made and sold in India may have been the start of a recent global wave of contamination. Some of the drugmakers could not prove they even tested their products.

Kids' cough medicine no better than placebo / Study of OTC meds shows syrup is just as effective. By Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer July 8, 2004.

India will make tests mandatory for cough syrups before they are exported, a government notice showed on Tuesday, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Legislation to ban sales of over-the-counter cough medicine to children in Ohio is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine after passing a final legislative vote Wednesday. House Bill 9 ...