In 1966 I had a sponsor for my swimming and even made a television ad for them which was going to pay big bucks. I thought I had hit the jack pot. Every time it showed 13 times I was to receive $75.00 and I was told it would appear at least 35 times a day and as many as 200 times a day accross Canada. The add played for 10 days and it was going to be good. After it ran for ten days, I was watching the news.... Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain, so did my TV ad and this sponsor.
George Park www.swimdownhill.com
Originally posted by geochuck
Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain
That's an amazing story, George. I had never heard of this before. I did a little research and apparently Dow was using cobalt sulfate for head retention in their beer. People who drank an extremely large amount of beer were poisoned by the cobalt.
There's actually an old video clip from the CBC that discusses the incident: archives.cbc.ca/.../
Click on the link called "Beer Deaths." I was particularly interested because I've done a lot of reading on beer and homebrewing and was under the impression that there's no way beer can kill you. Well, I guess when you add a poison to it it can!
Originally posted by geochuck
Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain
That's an amazing story, George. I had never heard of this before. I did a little research and apparently Dow was using cobalt sulfate for head retention in their beer. People who drank an extremely large amount of beer were poisoned by the cobalt.
There's actually an old video clip from the CBC that discusses the incident: archives.cbc.ca/.../
Click on the link called "Beer Deaths." I was particularly interested because I've done a lot of reading on beer and homebrewing and was under the impression that there's no way beer can kill you. Well, I guess when you add a poison to it it can!
