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A “mystery illness” that killed one person and hospitalised more than 500 others, predominantly children, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is believed to be a mass neurotoxic poisoning, according to the initial medical report.
On Saturday, hundreds of terrified residents of the city of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh developed nausea, burning eyes and seizures and a 45-year-old man died of epilepsy-type symptoms.
The victims all had increased levels of highly-toxic heavy metals in their bloodstream, including lead and nickel, according to a preliminary study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
“We have tentatively identified the primary cause of this strange phenomenon, but it is not yet clear what the source is and how and why it has happened,” said Katamaneni Bhaskar, a state health commissioner in Andhra Pradesh.
“For instance, the chemicals were found in the bodies of the patients but not in either water or any other food substance.”
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On Saturday, hundreds of terrified residents of the city of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh developed nausea, burning eyes and seizures and a 45-year-old man died of epilepsy-type symptoms.
The victims all had increased levels of highly-toxic heavy metals in their bloodstream, including lead and nickel, according to a preliminary study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
“We have tentatively identified the primary cause of this strange phenomenon, but it is not yet clear what the source is and how and why it has happened,” said Katamaneni Bhaskar, a state health commissioner in Andhra Pradesh.
“For instance, the chemicals were found in the bodies of the patients but not in either water or any other food substance.”
'Mystery illness' in India is neurotoxic poisoning, initial reports say
Traces of heavy metal such as lead and nickel found in blood of victims of mass poisoning
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