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Toxic Oil Syndrome

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Toxic Oil Syndrome
An epidemic that occurred around Avila, Spain, from 1981 to 1983, which was linked to ingestion of olive oil contaminated with rapeseed oil


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5) The underlying cause of EF is unknown, although histologic findings, (6) as well as clinical similarities with toxic oil syndrome (7) and eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, (8) suggest a possible toxic origin.
Two decades after contaminated cooking oil caused widespread sickness in Spain, patients with so-called toxic oil syndrome (TOS) continue to report neurologic symptoms.
Toxic oil syndrome, or TOS, appeared as a new disease in Spain in 1981 when thousands of people consumed denatured rapeseed oil sold illicitly as pure olive oil.
 
 
 
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