From Fox News:
A budding teenage athlete has died after 'overdosing' on a common topical muscle cream.
The medical examiner announced on Thursday that the 17-year-old track star, Arielle Newman of Castleton Corners, N.Y., died from a toxic dose of sports cream, the Staten Island Advance reported.
Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's officer told the Advance that the Notre Dame Academy track star's blood contained lethal amounts of methyl salicylate, the active ingredient found in muscle rubs such as BenGay and Icy Hot.
Borakove said the petite girl used the topical medication excessively, allowing the poisons to accumulate in her body over an undetermined amount of time.
Newman was found dead in her home on April 3. The initial autopsy was inconclusive, which led to speculation her death was linked to a party she had attended the night before. "I am glad this shows (Arielle) didn't die of her own doing. But this is a tragedy that could have been avoided," her mother, Alice Newman told the Advance.
Methyl salicylate, also known as oil of wintergreen, can be toxic if overused.
I guess it further proves the idea that anything is lethal if consumed in large enough quantities.
I'm sure there will be a lawsuit and an investigation.
You dont want to have some evil teammates rubbing it into your jockstrap either!!
You better believe it! Something similar was incorporated into our initiation for high school soccer many moons ago. (I was only on the receiving end; never gave it out.) Interestingly I never felt the "icy" part of Icy-Hot.
Old School!
I remember when me and the rest of the Tri-Lambs soaked the Alpha Beta's jocks in liquid heat. Man, were they pissed. Thank God we won the Greek Olympics or they would have banned us from campus. Those were the days...
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Booger?