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NEWS ABOUT: vomiting

vomiting stories: 4 news summaries

 Cabbies Ask for Vomit Penalty 

Chicago drivers want messy drunks to pay $50

Sep 24, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago cab drivers want drunk passengers who vomit in their cars to pay a $50 fine. Drivers today asked the city for the penalty along with an overall rate increase of 22%. Chicago cabbies are among the lowest paid in the country, with wages averaging $4.38 an hour over... More »

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Chicago • alcohol • taxi • Illinois • transportation • vomiting

 Rotten Lunch: Stinky Fridge
 Sickens 28 in Calif. Office

Office complex evacuated after fridge cleanup backfires

May 13, 09 1:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - An incredibly foul stench from long-forgotten lunches forced hundreds of people out of a California office complex yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Fire crews and a hazmat team were dispatched to the building and 28 people were treated for vomiting and nausea. San Jose emergency workers traced the... More »

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smell • evacuation • San Jose • nausea • vomiting • refrigerator

 Patch Protects Travelers
 From Pesky Stomach Bugs 

E. coli takes fewer tourists hostage with new development

Jun 12, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists could soon have a new accessory to add to travel-sized toothpaste tubes and electrical adapters: an anti-diarrhea patch. A new US study shows that travelers wearing a “transcutaneous immunization” patch, loaded with E. coli toxins, reliably protected wearers against diarrhea and vomiting, the BBC reports. Those who did... More »

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travel • illness • diarrhea • tourists • scientific study • vomiting • anti-diarrhea patch

Gulf Fish Cause Food Poisoning

FDA says outbreaks linked to algae toxin in fish high on the foodchain

Feb 6, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed outbreaks of food poisoning among people eating fish from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by toxins from poisonous algae that have accumulated in the tissue of large fish. The higher the fish is on the food chain, the more... More »

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food poisoning • fish • Gulf of Mexico • Ciguatera poisoning • Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary • nausea • vomiting • vertigo • joint pain • grouper • snapper • amberjack • barracuda

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