http://www.mail.com/subjects/98496-poisoning.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/98496-poisoning.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html LONDON (AP) — Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence agency when he died after being mysteriously poisoned, a lawyer representing his widow told an official hearing Thursday. Another lawyer said the U.K. has evidence the Russian government was behind Litvinenko's death... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html 2012-12-13T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1762014-autopsy-turkish-leader-inconclusive.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Authorities investigating former President Turgut Ozal's death in office in April 1993 found traces of toxic material in samples from his exhumed body but could not conclude he died of poisoning, Turkey's state-run news agency said Wednesday. Forensic experts exhumed Ozal's body in October and tested samples for possible poisoning af... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1762014-autopsy-turkish-leader-inconclusive.html 2012-12-12T18:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the one that sickened people who ate a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butter this fall. The new tests could reach medical laboratories as early as next year, an exciting develop... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1757572-tests-hamper-food-outbreak-detection.html 2012-12-11T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1742988-scare-prompts-carbon-monoxide-detectors.html ATLANTA (AP) — It's odorless, colorless and deadly. And if carbon monoxide is leaking in a school, it might not be detected until people are ill. A leak at an Atlanta elementary school that sent 42 students and seven adults to hospitals had school officials considering whether to install carbon monoxide detectors, a possibly life-saving move that is only ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1742988-scare-prompts-carbon-monoxide-detectors.html 2012-12-04T22:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725348-arafat-grave-dug-up-probe-poison-suspicion.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Eight years after Yasser Arafat's mysterious death, his political heirs opened his grave Tuesday and let forensics experts take samples from his remains, defying strong cultural taboos in search of evidence that the icon of Palestinian nationalism was poisoned. Palestinians have claimed for years that Israel poisoned Arafat, who... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725348-arafat-grave-dug-up-probe-poison-suspicion.html 2012-11-27T17:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1717240-3rd-person-dies-calif-mushroom-poisoning.html FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A third person has died from eating poisonous mushrooms at a California senior care facility where a caretaker found the fungus in the backyard and used it to make soup, authorities said Wednesday. The 90-year-old man died on Saturday, state Department of Social Services spokesman Oscar Ramirez told The Associated Press. The Placer C... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1717240-3rd-person-dies-calif-mushroom-poisoning.html 2012-11-21T23:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1702182-mercury-poisoning-danish-astronomer-ruled.html PRAGUE (AP) — Ever since Tycho Brahe died suddenly more than 400 years ago, there has been mystery about whether the Dane whose celestial observations laid the groundwork for modern astronomy fell victim to natural causes or was murdered. On Thursday, scientists who had exhumed his body said one thing is clear: if he was murdered, it wasn't with mercury, ... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1702182-mercury-poisoning-danish-astronomer-ruled.html 2012-11-15T14:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1702242-group-nigeria-lead-poisoning-crisis-ongoing.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group is warning that a lead poisoning crisis in northern Nigeria is still ongoing and affecting children, while government money has yet to be released. Doctors Without Borders cautioned Thursday about the lead poisoning in rural Zamfara state, near Nigeria's border with Niger. The group says government money to clean up affected vi... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1702242-group-nigeria-lead-poisoning-crisis-ongoing.html 2012-11-15T10:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1699340-ireland-probes-death-ill-abortion-seeker.html DUBLIN (AP) — The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after suffering from blood poisoning. Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he was awaiting findings from three investigations into the death of Savita Halapp... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1699340-ireland-probes-death-ill-abortion-seeker.html 2012-11-14T20:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1673508-russian-spy-case-details-public.html LONDON (AP) — A British inquest into the killing of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko may make public previously unreleased details about the murder investigation, a lawyer said Friday. The case brims with international intrigue. Litvinenko died in November 2006 after ingesting polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope that was secretly slipped into his ... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1673508-russian-spy-case-details-public.html 2012-11-02T13:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1647070-benin-3-held-alleged-attempt-to-poison-leader.html COTONOU, Benin (AP) — A Benin police official says at least three people close to the West African country's president have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to poison the leader.   The police official said Monday that President Boni Yayi's personal physician and a former Cabinet minister were among the three arrested Sunday. The official spoke on ... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1647070-benin-3-held-alleged-attempt-to-poison-leader.html 2012-10-22T12:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1642382-french-dog-poisoned-buried-alive-survives.html PARIS (AP) — A Jack Russell terrier has survived after being poisoned and buried alive — and he can thank the man who saw the ground wiggle. Ethan came back to life on his third birthday after someone tried to kill him. He had a whole chain of saviors: the man who dug him up, the firefighters who rushed him off and a veterinarian who nursed him back to l... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1642382-french-dog-poisoned-buried-alive-survives.html 2012-10-19T15:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1599756-palestinians-2-teams-to-probe-arafats-death.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Investigators from France and Switzerland will conduct parallel probes into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian officials said Monday. His remains will be exhumed, at a date kept secret, to give each team a chance to draw samples to test for poisoning. The two teams are acting separately on behalf of Arafa... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1599756-palestinians-2-teams-to-probe-arafats-death.html 2012-10-01T17:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1578082-police-probe-alleged-poisoning-dogs-moscow.html MOSCOW (AP) — Vera Lesovets held up photographs of her dog, Yasha, a spunky 5-year-old corgi, nipping playfully at the heels of a German shepherd twice her size. But Yasha's life was cut short this week: After snacking on something in a Moscow park, she fell into a seizure at Lesovets' apartment and began foaming at the mouth. The family rushed her to a n... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1578082-police-probe-alleged-poisoning-dogs-moscow.html 2012-09-21T14:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1574944-uk-judge-litvinenko-inquest-to-open-2013.html LONDON (AP) — A long-awaited inquest into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko should consider whether Russian authorities were involved, the senior British judge who will oversee it said Thursday. But the U.K. government will not let lawyers for the victim's family and the suspects see a report on alleged links between Litvinenko and British inte... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1574944-uk-judge-litvinenko-inquest-to-open-2013.html 2012-09-20T19:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557658-methanol-kills-19-injures-24-central-europe.html PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — ) — At least 19 people are dead and 24 others hospitalized. Some of them have been blinded, while others have been induced into comas in the hope that doctors can save them. All had drunk cheap vodka and rum laced with methanol, a toxic substance used to stretch alcohol on the black market and guarantee high profits for manuf... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557658-methanol-kills-19-injures-24-central-europe.html 2012-09-12T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1554940-7-poisoned-czech-republic-bootleg-liquor.html PRAGUE (AP) — At least four more people have died in the Czech Republic after drinking bootleg alcohol tainted with toxic methanol, bringing the death toll to seven in the worst such poisoning in three decades, officials said on Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Miluse Zajicova said a 45-year-old man died in a hospital in the eastern town of Prerov, and a 21-ye... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1554940-7-poisoned-czech-republic-bootleg-liquor.html 2012-09-11T13:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1550966-apnewsbreak-fda-warns-iowa-egg-firm-bacteria.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A company that promised to clean up Iowa's egg industry after a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 said Friday that a recent government safety inspection discovered the bacteria in two of its barns and that it took steps to protect consumers. Centrum Valley Farms said in a statement issued to The Associated Press that the U.S. F... Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1550966-apnewsbreak-fda-warns-iowa-egg-firm-bacteria.html 2012-09-09T15:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1540328-french-judges-to-exhume-arafat-body-west-bank.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The widow of Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that French investigators will soon visit the West Bank to dig up the remains of her husband in hopes of determining what killed the longtime Palestinian leader eight years ago. Palestinian officials welcomed the investigation, saying the French team could begin work within days. But som... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1540328-french-judges-to-exhume-arafat-body-west-bank.html 2012-09-05T16:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1537928-official-nigeria-lady-hospitalized-abroad.html ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The wife of Nigeria's president remains hospitalized in Germany following a severe bout of food poisoning that's lasted for days, a government official said Tuesday. A government official told The Associated Press that Patience Jonathan fell sick about 10 days ago, following her hosting a summit of first ladies from across Africa. As... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1537928-official-nigeria-lady-hospitalized-abroad.html 2012-09-04T09:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1528306-french-probe-deepens-confusion-arafat-death.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A French murder probe into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prompted an Israeli denial of responsibility on Wednesday and renewed doubts that Palestinians would stick to a halfhearted pledge to exhume Arafat's body. Arafat's death eight years ago in a French hospital has remained a long-running mystery for many, driven by mur... Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1528306-french-probe-deepens-confusion-arafat-death.html 2012-08-29T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1516146-sw-ind-farm-source-contaminated-melons.html OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Health officials say a farm in southwestern Indiana was the source of at least some of the salmonella-contaminated cantaloupe that has made at least 178 people in 21 states ill, but they are still trying to determine whether there are other sources. Federal and state officials disagree whether it is safe to eat melons from the regi... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1516146-sw-ind-farm-source-contaminated-melons.html 2012-08-23T22:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1423720-arafat-medical-file-released-death-probe.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Medical files released for the first time Thursday portray Yasser Arafat as a robust 75-year-old whose sudden health crisis, a month before his mysterious 2004 death, was initially blamed on viral gastroenteritis. The treatment notes by Arafat's Arab doctors who cared for him at his West Bank compound before he was airlifted to ... Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1423720-arafat-medical-file-released-death-probe.html 2012-07-12T17:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1418434-clinton-us-wont-react-to-arafat-poisoning-rumors.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. will wait for the results of any new investigation into Yasser Arafat's death and won't be responding to rumors. Speaking in Vietnam, Clinton said she was looking forward to visiting Israel next week as part of a two-week foreign tour. She told reporters Tuesday she would d... Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1418434-clinton-us-wont-react-to-arafat-poisoning-rumors.html 2012-07-10T06:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1416290-palestinian-leader-oks-digging-up-arafats-body.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given final approval to dig up Yasser Arafat's remains and is also pressing for an international investigation of his predecessor's mysterious 2004 death, a top aide said Monday. The decision came days after a Swiss lab detected elevated traces of a lethal radioactive agent on clothing sai... Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1416290-palestinian-leader-oks-digging-up-arafats-body.html 2012-07-09T15:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1409678-what-polonium-210-kill.html LONDON (AP) — Polonium first hit the headlines when it was used to kill KGB agent-turned-Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. This week, Yasser Arafat's widow has called for the late Palestinian leader's body to be exhumed after scientists in Switzerland found elevated traces of radioactive polonium-210 on clothing he allegedly wore befo... Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1409678-what-polonium-210-kill.html 2012-07-05T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409408-aide-palestinian-leader-wants-arafat.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Digging up Yasser Arafat's bones may offer the best shot at learning if the legendary Palestinian leader was poisoned, as many of his old comrades-in-arms claim, but Palestinian officials signaled Thursday they're not rushing into an autopsy. Arafat's 2004 death remains shrouded in mystery, and this week's findings by Switzerlan... Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409408-aide-palestinian-leader-wants-arafat.html 2012-07-05T16:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1407754-tests-revive-debate-arafat-death.html JERUSALEM (AP) — The discovery of traces of a radioactive agent on clothing reportedly worn by Yasser Arafat in his final days reignited a cauldron of conspiracy theories Wednesday about the mysterious death of the longtime Palestinian leader. Arafat's widow, who ordered the tests by a Swiss lab, called for her husband's body to be exhumed, and Arafat's s... Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1407754-tests-revive-debate-arafat-death.html 2012-07-04T20:16:00Z