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Nerve agent may be responsible for poisoning of Chechen schoolkids
2005-12-17
Some salt reqired until we get further confirmation.
A group of schoolchildren from the village of Starogladovskaya in Chechnya's Shelkovskaya district have been hospitalized with poisoning, possibly from a nerve agent, said Shelkovskaya district administration head Khusein Nutayev. "Four girls have been taken to the Grozny clinical hospital. Doctors have so far been unable to make a diagnosis," Nutayev told Interfax on Friday. "Our doctors have categorically ruled out food poisoning," he said. "Similar incidents happened earlier in the village of Staroshchedrinskaya, but the causes have never been established," Nutayev said. "I am firmly convinced that the incident might be the result of poisoning by a nerve agent or psychotropic substance," he said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#4  I would look again at food poisoning prior to jumping on the Sarin bandwagon. The Odwalla Apple Juice incident is an example.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-12-17 13:23  

#3  It's also possible it's leaking Soviet-era munitions.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-12-17 13:08  

#2  "I am firmly convinced that the incident might be the result ..."

I'll wait for further corroboration too.
Posted by: lotp   2005-12-17 11:29  

#1  they picked the wrong mushrooms too eat
Posted by: Jerelet Thineling2988   2005-12-17 09:26  

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