A group of parents sending their kids to a summer camp in Juneau, Alaska were dumbfounded after discovering that their kids had been given Hillyard Seal 341 floor glue instead of milk on Tuesday. . Making matters worse, camp RALLY only notifies the parent after calling the poison control center and monitors their illness and does not involve the parent when at fault.
According to Cassie Olin, Director of Administrative Services at Glacier Valley Elementary School, 12 children ages 5 to 12 and two adults drank the chemical for breakfast. Olin told News of the North: “There were some of our kids enrolled there who had been exposed to a floor sealer versus some milk, and it’s still being investigated.
According to Lieutenant Krag Campbell, the incident is also being investigated by the Juneau police department.
Lieutenant Krag Campbell of the Juneau Police Department has stated that officers are investigating the incident. “Although the JPD is investigating this incident, there is no information that it is a criminal investigation at this time,” he wrote in a statement to KINY Radio. “We’re just trying to determine what happened.”
The obvious mistake happened in NANA Management Services, which caters to the camp. “All breakfast ingredients were served by NANA Managed Services staff and placed on serving trays, which students brought to the dining table in the cafeteria,” JSD Superintendent Kristin Barlett told the students. local media. “Shortly after breakfast was served, students complained about the milk having an unpleasant taste and burning their mouth/throat. Juneau RALLY School District staff and NMS immediately followed up by smelling/tasting the milk and looking at the box/label. ”
After realizing the mistake, camp staff asked the children to stop consuming it and call the local poison control center and follow all instructions, but did not call the parents right away, according to Some parents said they were only notified at noon, almost three hours after breakfast was served. Many parents were told their kids were served paint thinner, but were later told it was a floor sealer.
Barry Nydam, whose 7-year-old daughter consumed chemicals, expressed anger at Anchorage Daily News. “I don’t see my daughter going there anymore,” he said. “You have to remove the people who are running it and the new people who are running it.”
Rhyan Nydam, the mother of the 7-year-old, told the newspaper that the call made her angry. “She called and told me there were traces of paint thinner in the drink,” Nydam said, referring to the manager who called. “And I was just like, ‘What does that even mean?'”
She added that parents should have been called immediately. “I can’t believe it took this long even just to tell me, you know? If I wanted to take my baby to the hospital, I didn’t even know,” she told the newspaper.
