Poison News

Columbus - Summer is just around the corner — at least that's what the weathermen keep saying — and with summer comes a whole range of additional hazards faced by children — specifically, chemical injuries, says a new study.

A judge in Chile has ordered investigators to exhume the body of Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda as part of an investigation into his death in 1973.

Beth Dickison Richards, 37, was arrested on Friday and charged with attempted first degree murder after allegedly poisoning a tuna fish sandwich that was being served to her husband.

Seoul - Last year a would-be assassin was arrested in Seoul, and was caught with a deadly pen that contained poison that could have caused muscle paralysis.

Ramallah - The remains of former PLO leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday to look more closely into the circumstances surrounding his death in 2004.

A married couple in northwest Germany fell seriously ill after drinking Capri Sun pouches. The police believe the fruit drinks were tampered with after being purchased, and are treating the case as an attempted murder.

Taloqan - Taliban poisoned over 120 school girls and three teachers in a school in northern Afghanistan. An unidentified toxic powder was used to contaminate the air in the classrooms.

Fresno - Three fifth-graders from a California school allegedly tried to poison their teacher in December. The 10 and 11-year-old students are currently facing expulsion.

Beijing - In China’s latest case of mass lead poisoning, at least 600 people have been sickened, including 103 children, from tinfoil processing workshops located in Zhejiang province in the eastern part of the country.

Los Angeles - A group of researchers are suggesting bitumen, found in tar balls and containing carcinogenic agents, may have led to a decline in health of California’s prehistoric peoples, the Chumash, who regularly used the now-known toxic material.