An unidentified toxic powder was used to contaminate the air in the classrooms by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. ...
11:11 AM, May 24, 2012
Jehanabad: Eight persons lost their lives and four others were taken ill after consuming contaminated sattu (mixed cereal flour) on Monday at Rajabazar locality in Bihar's Jehanabad district, police said. About a dozen persons, mostly daily wage labourers, purchased sattu from a road-side shop and fell ill soon after eating it, Superintendent of Police, Harpreet Kaur said. Eight persons, identified as Pappu, Krishna Kumar, Sansad Das, Krishna Paswan, Dineshi Paswan,...
01:57 PM, May 15, 2012
Melbourne: An Australian court on Friday ordered the fast food giant KFC to pay 8 million Australian dollars to the parents of a Sydney girl who was left paralysed and brain damaged after eating its chicken twister. Monika Samaan fell seriously ill with salmonella poisoning after eating at the Villawood KFC in 2005, according to media reports. The then-seven-year-old was in a coma for six months and acquired spastic quadraplegia...
12:11 PM, Apr 27, 2012
BANGALORE: The future of leads impact on our society is alarming. With a policy plan to generate 12.3 giga-Watts of electricity from solar energy in India, we are on the verge of becoming the world capital of lead poisoning. Students and researchers will be facing challenges with opportunity in the days to come, Dr Venkatesh Thuppil, Director, National Referral Centre For Lead Poisoning in India, said.He was delivering guest lecture...
08:58 AM, Apr 24, 2012
The wife of a former party chief has been arrested on suspicion of cyanide poisoning. ...
01:58 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: Two days after over 200 people were affected by colour poisoning on the Holi day in Mumbai, police on Saturday arrested five former workers of an abandoned dye factory in suburban Dharavai in connection with the incident. Among those who took ill on Thursday were many children in the age group of 9-10 years who complained of giddiness and vomitting soon after they traded toxic colours in Shastrinagar area...
08:25 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Mumbai: Holi celebrations took a tragic turn in Mumbai as a 13-year-old boy died from colour poisoning after Holi celebrations. More than 220 people, mostly children, from Dharavi were hospitalized after they played with spurious colours. A majority of 210 patients were admitted to Mumbai's Sion Hospital and 12 others to Rajawadi Hospital with symptoms of giddiness and vomiting. Most of those admitted were children between three and 15 years...
11:07 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Mumbai: A 13-year-old boy died due to Holi colour poisoning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai, civic officials said on Friday. Viky Walmiki, who suffered from colour poisoning during Holi celebrations in Dharavi area, succumbed at the Rajawadi Hospital on Thursday night, they said. Nine other persons were also hospitalised at the same medical facility, after Holi took a toxic hue in parts of Mumbai...
11:49 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Mumbai: Holi celebrations took a tragic turn in Mumbai on Thursday. For more than 150 families in Mumbai's Dharavi it was certainly not a happy Holi after their children were admitted to Sion Hospital for colour poisoning. The hospital saw a steady stream of children and young adults who complained of allergic reactions. The patients were administered anti-toxicity medicines and most of them are out of danger but 10 patients...
07:49 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Abuja: A lead poisoning in Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara which has killed more than 400 children and affected thousands is "worst" in modern history, an international watch dog has said. Nigeria needs USD 4 million to clean up the area but cleanup has not even begun in many areas, the United States-based Human Rights Watch noted. It has asked for urgent medical attention for thousands of children and villages...
07:14 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: Over 300 people were affected by food poisoning at a village in Viramgam taluka of the district following consumption of contaminated substance on Tuesday, district officials said. "Almost the entire village of over 300 people has been affected due to food poisoning at Vekaria village of Viramgam taluka," District Development Officer Banchha Nidhi Pani said. "Today being Muharram, some drink was distributed among the people of the village, which...
11:47 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Panipat: A total of 69 people fell ill after consuming adulterated buckwheat flour in Panipat on Thursday. All of them were rushed to hospital after they fell ill. However, the doctors said that they were out of danger. Following the incident, the Health authorities conducted raids on shops selling the flour, which is locally called 'Kuttu Ka Atta'. Four samples of the flour were seized to check for adulteration. Some...
09:47 AM, Sep 30, 2011
New York: Tests of more than 700 preschoolers' packed lunches found that fewer than 2 percent of the meats, vegetables and dairy products were cool enough to be safe, according to a U.S. study. One in six U.S. residents gets food poisoning every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but it is unclear how many cases are caused by lukewarm sack lunches. The study...
12:30 PM, Aug 09, 2011
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