Daycare Loses License After Kids Drink Windshield Wiper Fluid

The owner of an Arkansas daycare centerwhere 10 children were sickened after they were mistakenly givenwindshield wiper fluid has surrendered her state license to childwelfare investigators.

By: Associated Press | WSAV-TV
Published: March 13, 2009

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The owner of an Arkansas daycare center
where 10 children were sickened after they were mistakenly given
windshield wiper fluid has surrendered her state license to child
welfare investigators.
Hospital officials say a staffer mistakenly put the blue liquid
in the refrigerator after shopping and later served it, thinking it
was Kool-Aid. Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, drank
about an ounce of the fluid.
One child remains hospitalized.
A spokeswoman for Arkansas' Department of Human Services
descibes the daycare operator as "upset" and worried about the
children. She told investigators the incident was "just a horrible
mistake."
A toxicologist says the "take-home message is not to have these
products in the kitchen or where you're doing any kind of food
preparation."