Tag: poisoning
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Mass poisoning blamed on tainted alcohol with American among four tourists dead
An American citizen has died at a popular adventure spot in Laos where alcohol tainted with methanol has been blamed for a spate of poisonings in recent days. The State Department said the U.S. citizen died in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers to the north of the South East Asian country’s capital. “We…
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46 people hospitalized with food poisoning in Maryland after sharing meal prepared by coworker
Forty-six people were hospitalized in a “foodborne illness outbreak” after sharing a dish at their workplace in Maryland, officials said. The Howard County Fire & Rescue said it responded Monday at 3:45 p.m. to the 7700 block of Chesapeake Bay Court in Jessup, about 15 miles southwest of Baltimore, on a report of multiple patients…
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At least 26 die from alcohol poisoning in Iran
At least 26 people died in Iran after drinking alcoholic beverages that contained toxic methanol in recent days, state media said. The official IRNA news agency reported late Wednesday that toxic methanol had killed men and women in various cities and towns in the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan and the western province of…