UPI wacky news: "Athletes, migrants drinking Pedialyte" (in order to avoid dying in desert)

Posted Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Here's some wacky, fun news for those humanitarians who support or enable illegal immigration, thereby playing a part in encouraging people to try to cross the desert into the U.S. with thousands having died along the way. It's so wacky that UPI has put it into their "Quirks" section under the title "Athletes, migrants drinking Pedialyte" (link):
U.S. pro athletes as well as illegal immigrants are turning to drinks designed to rehydrate sick infants for a source of liquid nutrition...

However, athletes aren't the only dehydrated people turning to the baby beverage for sustenance -- shopkeepers in Sonoran towns across the Mexican border say Pedialyte and its Mexican competitor, Electrolit, are flying off the shelves...

The rehydrating solutions help those seeking to cross the border on foot to stave off dehydration, the top cause of death in the desert.
But, wait, it gets even better. The UPI article appears to be based on "Pro athletes, migrants turn to baby drinks/Solutions quench adult thirsts" from Chris Hawley of the Arizona Republic (link). They substituted the "quirks" treatment for some helpful tips and an attempt to portray border fences - not those like the Republic who support illegal immigration - as the culprits:
"It is recommended that you carry oral solution with you," says a guide for migrants published by the government of Mexico's Yucatan state. "It is sold in pharmacies and contains salt."

Sales to migrants have increased in recent years as crackdowns and border walls in Texas and California have forced illegal border-crossers deeper into the Arizona desert, store managers said.
Abbott Laboratories (makers of Pedialyte) claim not to have known about these uses for their products, but their Mexican counterpart (Pisa Laboratories, makers of Electrolit) not only knows but, as might be suspected, promotes it:
"The migrants are now using it instead of water," said Gabriela Flores, director of marketing for Electrolit. "The truth is, it does help them a lot."

Comments

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Thu, 12/27/2007 - 13:39

Look guys the pigs hate our freedoms end of story, but to show you what you will be replaced with, 3 mexican so called americans down here in san diego attacked a big cat at the san diego zoo one was eaten two almost eaten,by the big cat of justice and freedom, after the fools had misteated the poor big cat for hours and hours so justice was done to the enemies of freedom. Too all mexicans stop attacking this Nation or someday you will be eaten alive by the cats and people of justice and freedom. Cats need to help.

Notanextofkinof... (not verified)

Thu, 12/27/2007 - 14:06

Maybe the MSM will pick this up as another legal resident White abusing the poor "willing workers"?

Notanextofkinof... (not verified)

Thu, 12/27/2007 - 17:00

"It's not a safe place [zoo] for kids," said his mother, Marilza Sousa. "People go there to have a good time, not to get killed." Paying for their Education Health and of course increased Crime with costs assocciated with Incarceration and funding our own displacment is not all we taxpayers are responsibe for...... from the looks of the comment above, you can assume taxpayers will be paying for their stupidity too.

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Thu, 12/27/2007 - 18:00

Notanextokinofmexican the end game is made this place will become a third world hell, after all the system is not your system but a one world ideal of total third world BS. the total dismantling of the USA Is well on its way and the people in power want it like that.