ApocaDocs: Mystery gas poisons more than 1,000

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Posted Thu May 14 2009: from Shanghai Daily:


	Mystery gas poisons more than 1,000 http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1242313696 MORE than 1,000 workers at a chemical company in northeast China's Jilin Province have fallen ill after being poisoned by a mystery gas which apparently leaked from a neighboring factory. Yesterday, more than 700 workers from the Jilin Chemical Fiber Group in Jilin's capital Jilin City went to the group's hospital, doctors told China National Radio Station. Doctors suspect they have been poisoned by inhaling a gas as most of the workers are suffering from dizziness, vomiting, lethargy and sore throats. Workers believe the leak could come from a neighboring factory that makes aniline. Aniline, an organic compound, is an important aromatic amine. It smells like rotting fish and has a burning aromatic taste. It is a highly-acrid poison used in the manufacture of foam and dyes.

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'Doc Michael says:

Boy, the stuff in dyes can 'bout kill ya!