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Officials: Eleven Soldiers Hospitalized After Ingesting Chemical Found In Antifreeze

Eric Quintanar
Officials: Eleven Soldiers Hospitalized After Ingesting Chemical Found In Antifreeze
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Eleven soldiers from Fort Bliss were hospitalized Thursday after consuming an “unknown substance” believed to have given them ethylene glycol poisoning, officials said Friday evening.

The eleven soldiers are believed to have ingested the substance in the final day of a 10-day field exercise at McGregor Range Complex at Fort Bliss, Texas. “Initial reports indicate soldiers consumed this substance thinking they were drinking an alcoholic beverage,” said Fort Bliss officials in a statement on Friday evening.

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