Phosphine
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U.K. tourist among 2 found dead at Sri Lankan hostel, police investigatingEbony McIntosh, 24, and Nadine Raguse, 27, were rushed to the hospital to be treated for vomiting, nausea and breathing difficulties.TrendingFeb 6, 2025
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Aliens over Venus? Astronomers catch a whiff of life in planet’s cloudsResearchers have detected phosphine, a chemical only produced by microbes and factories, in the clouds over Venus.TrendingSep 14, 2020
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QEW reopens after transport truck carrying hazardous material overturns in St. CatharinesThe City of St. Catharines said just before 1 a.m. that the shelter-in-place order had been lifted.CanadaJun 14, 2017
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Fort McMurray boy exposed to pesticide improvingÂA child in hospital after being exposed to a pesticide his parents used to kill bedbugs has been taken off a ventilator and moved to a recovery room.CanadaMar 4, 2015
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Quebec sisters’ deaths likely caused by pesticide intoxication: coronerA Quebec coroner has released her report into the deaths of two Quebec sisters who died under mysterious circumstances in Thailand in 2012.CanadaMar 2, 2015
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Unsettling allegations made as second Fort McMurray child laid to restIt's been a heartbreaking week for a Fort McMurray family. In two days, they have arranged funerals for two of their young children.HealthFeb 27, 2015
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Government warns against using unregistered bedbug productsThe federal government is warning Canadians of what it calls the "extreme danger" of using unregistered products to fight bedbugs.CanadaFeb 27, 2015
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Funeral today for 2-year-old boy killed in accidental Fort Mac poisoningA funeral will be held on Friday afternoon for a two-year-old boy, who is the second child to die after being accidentally poisoned last weekend in Fort McMurray.Feb 26, 2015
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What poisoned 5 children in Fort McMurray?One child has died and four other were hospitalized when they were exposed to phosphine gas. But what is it and how does it work?CanadaFeb 24, 2015
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