Last year, alarming news reports detailed the hospitalizations of at least two children in the U.K. who developed glycerol intoxication shortly after drinking frozen slushies. Now, a first-of-its-kind ...

In February of this year, headlines splashed across U.K. media: "Boy, four, hallucinated and clawed at his face after drinking slushy, mother says," "Mum's plea as 'unconscious' tot hospitalized after ...

Understanding why glycerol the key ingredient added to drinks like slushies that helps keep the texture of the frozen drink is bad for kids.