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NEWS ABOUT: tainted

tainted stories: 4 news summaries

 Bad Vitamin Killed Polo 
 Horses: Team Captain 

Common drug was tainted, he claims

Apr 22, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A tainted vitamin supplement killed the 21 horses that collapsed before a polo match in Florida last weekend, the captain of the Venezuelan team claims. He notes that five horses not given the drug are fine. The French drug, called Biodyl, is commonly administered in Europe but not approved for... More »

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drugs • vitamins • horse • death • tainted • vitamin B • selenium • polo • US Open Polo Championship • Biodyl • supplements

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FBI Searches
Home of Tylenol Killings Suspect

Case of seven deaths in 1982 poisoning remains unsolved

Feb 4, 09 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - FBI agents are searching the former residence of a suspect in the deaths of seven people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982, the Boston Globe reports. The case has never been solved, and agents say they are reviewing all related evidence. James W. Lewis lived in the Boston-area apartment after... More »

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Chicago • crime • Boston • drug companies • poison • Johnson and Johnson • tainted • Tylenol

Mattel Recalls 18M More Toys Made in China

9M sold in US; toys contain hazardous magnets, lead-tainted paint

Aug 14, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mattel today announced a second, much bigger recall of Chinese-made toys that may be hazardous: 18 million of them worldwide, and 9 million in the US. The recalled items  include play sets containing magnets that can be dangerous when swallowed and die-cast cars that contain lead paint. The play sets... More »

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China • toys • safety • recall • Mattel • tainted • toxic • paint

Chinese Toy Exec Commits Suicide After Recall

China banned exports from the company

Aug 13, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of a Chinese company that made a million of the lead-tainted toys recalled by Mattel last month hanged himself in his warehouse this weekend. Zhang Shuhong's  suicide followed the announcement Thursday that China banned exports from his company because of the defects. Colleagues reported that Zhang had been... More »

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China • suicide • toys • exports • recall • Mattel • Fisher-Price • Chinese toys • tainted • Zhang Shuhong

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