Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News, Essex Jamie Niblock/BBC Ellena Baxter says witnessing her mother suffer was “devastating” The daughter of a couple who were fatally poisoned with fentanyl by a family friend said doctors told her mother she had anxiety as her health deteriorated from the effects of the drug. Luke D’Wit was jailed in 2024 … Read more
Family photo Vlad Nikolin-Caisley died on 7 May 2024 after swallowing poison he bought online “I saw my son fighting for his last breath,” says Anna Nikolin-Caisley. “He went in agony.” Anna believes her youngest child, Vlad, 17, was “encouraged” to swallow poison by users of an online “pro-suicide” group which is still active in … Read more
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) took a couple of sips of water from River Yamuna and hit out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying there is no poison in water coming from his State to national capital. He alleged that the minds of AAP leaders are definitely filled with … Read more
The compound has killed several people and parents have campaigned for reclassification. Source link
Families say the government has not acted quickly enough to prevent deaths from diet drug DNP. Source link
It was a verdant, ferny hue — hint of forest, flash of emerald — a vegetal contrast to the foggy mists and factory-smudged skies of England at the pitch of the Industrial Revolution. The color — Scheele’s Green, named for the Swedish chemist who invented it in 1778 — was everywhere in Victorian England, from … Read more
A minor girl, who was allegedly raped in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, attempted suicide by consuming poison, police said. Illustration used for representation (India Today) A minor girl, who was allegedly raped in Basantpur area of Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh, attempted suicide by consuming poison, police said on Tuesday. The girl, according to the police, was … Read more
Aug. 19, 2020 — Oleandrin, a toxic substance found in the poisonous oleander plant, is making headlines as a potential treatment for COVID-19 infection, raising concerns that uninformed people may eat the leaves of the plant and become ill or die. “Though renowned for its beauty and use in landscaping, this Mediterranean shrub is responsible … Read more
Aug. 17, 2020 — As the FDA’s warning list about dangerous hand sanitizers containing methanol grows, another troubling trend has emerged. Some people are drinking the sanitizers to get an alcohol high. Others have believed a rumor, circulated online, that drinking the highly potent and toxic alcohol can disinfect the body, protecting them from COVID-19 … Read more