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Dow Beer Deaths (1966) [video]
- 1970-01-01 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_poisoning#Beer_drinker's_cardiomyopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_poisoning#Beer_drinker'...
- rmason 4y agoIn case you're wondering after the problem was corrected and the plant restarted Dow never recovered it's number one market share. The company did continue for another twenty years before discontinuing the Dow brand in 1997. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Breweries#:~:text=Canadian%20Breweries%20became%20Carling%20O'Keefe%20in%201973%2C%20which%20eventually,Newfoundland%20is%20a%20different%20product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Breweries#:~:text=Canadian....
- csours 4y agoThey were heavy drinkers - the effects of the heavy drinking may have masked the symptoms of the cobalt poisoning. It almost certainly made people take them less seriously, as evidenced by the laughing in the linked video.
- unangst 4y ago… all patients were heavy drinkers… 30 out of those consuming more than six litres (12 pints) of beer per day. 6 litres!!!