Articles of Interest
Chemical suicide shuts down Seekonk carnival
Posted: May 04, 2012 11:37 PM EDT Updated: May 04, 2012 11:37 PM EDT
By James Swierzbin
“Fire officials in Seekonk believe that a man killed himself by breathing in a mixture of hydrogen sulfide while inside a car, in a parking lot, where a carnival was scheduled to take place…”
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Police Find Chemical Suicide
May 4, 2012 Author admin2
"On May 3, 2012, at 9:54 a.m., Swatara Township Police were dispatched to the Super 8 Motel at 4131 Executive Park Drive for a suspicious odor. Upon arrival, officers located a room in the motel that had been sealed shut with duct tape..."
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Sturgis officers become ill responding to a meth lab explosion
Wsbt.com WSBT-TV Report
11:45am EDT, May 2, 2012
“Two police officers had to be treated after a meth lab explosion…”
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A bucket of chemicals plus car equals unusual suicide in Washington County
By Elizabeth Mohr emohr@pioneerpress.com TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Posted: 05/01/2012 12:01:00 AM CDT
“It was a first for Washington County authorities: chemical suicide.
And officials are now thinking of putting together training materials for others who might deal with what is becoming an emerging trend…”
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Chemical suicides present hazmat perils
4/18/2012 www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov
“Chemical suicide is a growing and alarming trend in theUnited States, and it poses a risk for more than just the intended victim. Law enforcement officers acting as first responders also are in jeopardy, making it vital for them to know the warning signs…”
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Police officers, ambulance crew taken to hospital after toxic suicide in South End
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff 04/10/2012 12:53 AM
Twelve people were evacuated from a South End apartment building and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to a hospital after a woman committed suicide Monday night inside an apartment by ingesting a toxic chemical, …”
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Chemical ‘suicide’
By KIRSTAN CONLEY
Posted: 2:49 AM, April 8, 2012
“A man was found dead in a car in Queens yesterday, seated next to an open 10-gallon bucket of an unknown chemical, police said…"
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Poisoned man sickens rescuers, shuts down Margate Emergency Room
Posted: 8:23 AM April 2, 2012, Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel
"The suicidal man survived the revolting attempt to take his own life.
But by downing a toxic cocktail of malathion — a common pesticide — he touched off a chain of disruptive consequences…”
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Reminder in Margate of the Danger of Suicide and Chemicals
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Randall
"An incident in Margate,FL yesterday is a good reminder for first responders to be wary of the presence of chemicals in suicide attempts…”
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A First Responder Responds
Steve Harris, LT, Dallas Fire Rescue/Hazmat, ACEP News, 03/28/12
“As a first responder who has been called to the scene of a chemical suicide, I wanted to share some of my experience regarding "Chemical Suicides a Danger to EMS" (ACEP News, October 2011, p. 1)…”
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Chemical suicide response training part of exercise
Posted Mar 21, 2012 @ 02:10 PM, China Lake,Calif.—
"Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012, sponsored by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and supported by Commander, Navy Installations Command, has started on all CONUS Navy installations,
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Cal Poly student found dead in car filled with toxic gas
Posted on Fri, Mar. 16, 2012 by Nick Wilson
“A 19-year-old Cal Poly freshman was found dead in a car filled with poisonous gas on campus Friday, …”
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Nursing home meth lab fire death ruled accidental
Published March 07, 2012 | Associated Press
COLUMBUS, OHIO – “A man killed by a methamphetamine lab fire at an Ohio nursing home was burned over 90 percent of his body, and his death was accidental, …”
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Cross-Border Methamphetamine Trade Booms Amid Mexico's War on Drugs
By F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com - February 2012
"The number of methamphetamine "super labs" seized by Mexican authorities has rocketed in the last five years but shipments of the drug across the border have also continued to grow,... "
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