News about poisoning

Hydrogen sulphide emissions at Karachaganak before mass poisoning in Western Kazakhstan Prosecutor of West Kazakhstan Oblast said there were several hydrogen sulphide emissions at the large Karachaganak oil and gas field before the mass poisoning of children from nearby Berezovka village occured.

05 December 2014 13:11

Texas woman gets 18 years for Obama ricin plot A US actress who tried to blame her husband for sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control activist got 18 years in prison

17 July 2014 11:25

Infected food blamed for British baby's hospital death A likely contamination of liquid food was on Wednesday blamed for the death in Britain of one baby and the poisoning of 14 more, regulators said.

05 June 2014 13:56

China woman held for nursery poisoning that killed 2: media A Chinese woman has been detained for killing two children at a preschool nursery and making 30 others ill with poisoned food, state media said.

10 April 2014 10:30

Toddler dies after swallowing battery in Aktobe A toddler in Aktobe has died from swallowed battery.

08 April 2014 19:27

Indonesian elephants found dead, poisoning suspected Seven Sumatran elephants have been found dead in western Indonesia and it is thought they were poisoned, a wildlife official said Monday, just the latest deaths of the critically-endangered animals.

24 February 2014 16:09

28 oil workers poisoned, 2 fatally in Zhanaozen Mass poisoning of workers of Kezbi oil service company has been registered in Zhanaozen city of Mangystau oblast in western Kazakhstan.

29 November 2013 15:18

Tests point to polonium poisoning in Arafat death: Jazeera Swiss scientists have concluded that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat probably died from polonium poisoning.

07 November 2013 16:52

Brazil to exhume ex-president Goulart The remains of Brazilian ex-president Joao Goulart will be exhumed to determine whether he was poisoned in the 1970s by rightwing rulers clamping on dissent.

12 July 2013 10:00

Czech government to ease ban on liquor sales The Czech government said Wednesday it would ease a ban on liquor sales in force since September 14 following a wave of methanol poisoning that has claimed at least 25 lives.

28 September 2012 13:02

Kazakhstan steps up control over Czech and Polish liquors Kazakhstan has followed other countries in enhancement of control over import of liquors from the Czech Republic and Poland.

20 September 2012 13:37