Antifreeze

  • Antifreeze-tainted vinegar kills 11 in China, 120 poisoned

    Posted: August 22nd, 2011 - 1:44am by Doug Powell

    Vinegar contaminated with anti-freeze was suspected of causing the deaths of 11 people who ate an evening feast during the ongoing Ramadan holiday in a Muslim area of China.

    Local police told state media that vinegar stored in two plastic barrels that had previously contained anti-freeze was thought to be the cause of mass poisoning after about 150 people ate together on Friday evening in a remote village in Pishan county in the western region of Xinjiang.

    Investigations were continuing and toxicity tests had still not confirmed the source of the poisoning, the official Xinhua news agency quoted a police statement as saying.

    The statement said about 120 people were poisoned with one person still in critical condition by Monday.
     

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  • UK nanny charged over poisoning sex boss

    Posted: December 25th, 2010 - 10:51am by Doug Powell

    Already tired of relatives? Why not off them with windshield wiper fluid in the Christmas dinner.

    Jacqueline Gold, the chief executive of British lingerie and sex-toy company Ann Summers (right, from the Ann Summers Santa collection) estimated to be worth $277 million, hired Alison Cox, 33, to look after her daughter Scarlett at her mansion in Surrey, south of London.

    Ms Gold, 50, complained that the food prepared by her chef did not taste right. Soup delivered to the businesswoman's office was branded "disgusting." Ms Gold said her main meals were too salty and her desserts were too sugary, prompting the underwear tycoon's personal cook to retrieve samples from the trash to test. Results revealed traces of windshield wiper fluid.

    A Surrey police spokeswoman confirmed that Ms Cox was charged with three counts of administering poison with intent to annoy.

    Was it really just intent to annoy?
     

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