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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Cologne and antiseptic: Russia's killer drinks



Sarah Boseley, health editor and Luke Harding in Moscow
Friday June 15, 2007
The Guardian

  • Study reveals soaring toll among working-age men
  • ·Jobless alcoholics turn to cheap substitutes

Almost half of working-age men in Russia who die are killed by alcohol abuse, according to a new medical study which says the country's males die in excessive numbers not just because they drink lots of vodka but because they also consume products containing alcohol, such as eau de cologne, antiseptics and medicinal tinctures. Some products contain 95% alcohol by volume, equating to 200 proof.

An international group of scientists looked at a single city in the Urals to establish the effects of the drinking in Russia. Izhevsk was chosen for being a typical industrial city where life is much the same as elsewhere and where death rates match the Russian average.
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