A Poison’s Path
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A Poison’s Path
The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die.
Tracing the Path of the Poisoned
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The New York Times
Chemical country The Taixing countryside in eastern China, near the Yangtze Delta. Forty-six barrels of toxic syrup followed a path from a factory in the nearby small town of Hengxiang to Panama.
Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting parents.
The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.
It is also a killer. And the deaths, if not intentional, are often no accident.
Read the article : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/americas/06poison.html?ex=1179460800&en=3d7b0706049a439d&ei=5070
Tracing the Path of the Poisoned
Interactive Graphic
A Poison’s Path
Enlarge This Image
The New York Times
Chemical country The Taixing countryside in eastern China, near the Yangtze Delta. Forty-six barrels of toxic syrup followed a path from a factory in the nearby small town of Hengxiang to Panama.
Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting parents.
The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.
It is also a killer. And the deaths, if not intentional, are often no accident.
Read the article : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/americas/06poison.html?ex=1179460800&en=3d7b0706049a439d&ei=5070
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