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  • 3 Franklin residents gravely ill from eating wild mushrooms

    11/27/2008 7:31:13 PM PST · by Coleus · 16 replies · 1,178+ views
    star ledger ^ | 08.28.08 | Rudy Larini
    The three, who live in Franklin Township, have been hospitalized with liver toxicity; one is in critical condition and may need a transplant. Bruce Ruck, director of drug information and professional education at the New Jersey Poison Control Center in Newark, identified the victims as a mother and her daughter and son-in-law, all Asian Indians. The mother is in critical condition and being evaluated for a liver transplant at University Hospital in Newark; the other two are at Princeton University Medical Center. "They picked and ate wild mushrooms and wound up with liver toxicity," Ruck said. Officials from the poison...