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'Tainted' Booze Eyed After Deaths, Blackouts in Mexico

Families Say Others Have
Died at Mexican Resorts

Jul 27, 2017 9:19 AM CDT

Families Say Others Have Died at Mexican Resorts

'Tainted' booze eyed after deaths, blackouts

(Newser) - The US State Department is warning travelers to Mexico about "tainted or substandard alcohol" after reports of people blacking out and waking with injuries—or sometimes not waking at all. Since its investigation into Abbey Conner's death in January, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has uncovered more than three...

75 Schoolkids Hospitalized After Drinking Tainted Water

Jun 2, 2010 4:00 AM CDT

75 Schoolkids Hospitalized After Drinking Tainted Water

Pink chemical in water tasted sweet

(Newser) - The water coming out of drinking fountains in the new wing of a Queens, NY, elementary school was pink and tasted good, and now almost 75 kids who drank it have been hospitalized. Dozens of children complained their stomachs hurt after drinking the water, which was apparently contaminated with propylene...

Bad Vitamin Killed Polo
Horses: Team Captain

Apr 22, 2009 4:38 PM CDT

Bad Vitamin Killed Polo Horses: Team Captain

Common drug was tainted, he claims

(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...

FBI Searches
Home of Tylenol Killings Suspect

updated

Feb 4, 2009 3:37 PM CST

FBI Searches Home of Tylenol Killings Suspect

Case of seven deaths in 1982 poisoning remains unsolved

(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...

Mattel Recalls 18M More Toys Made in China

Aug 14, 2007 10:45 AM CDT

Mattel Recalls 18M More Toys Made in China

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

(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...

Chinese Toy Exec Commits Suicide After Recall

Aug 13, 2007 7:59 AM CDT

Chinese Toy Exec Commits Suicide After Recall

China banned exports from the company

(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...