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Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilization deaths
reuters.com ^ | Nov 15, 2014 | Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah

Posted on 11/17/2014 4:58:02 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilization camp in India are likely to have contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat poison, two senior officials in Chhattisgarh state said on Saturday.

Preliminary tests of the antibiotic ciprocin tablets were found to contain zinc phosphide, Siddhartha Pardeshi, the chief administrator for the Bilaspur district, told Reuters.

The antibiotics were handed out at the mass sterilization held a week ago in the impoverished state. At least 15 women have died, most of whom had attended the camp.

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KEYWORDS: sterilization

1 posted on 11/17/2014 4:58:02 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Warfarin/Coumadin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin

It was initially introduced in 1948 as a pesticide against rats and mice, and is still used for this purpose, although more potent poisons such as brodifacoum have since been developed.


2 posted on 11/17/2014 5:00:58 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
unsanitary conditions or the assembly-line haste of the operations

...sterilized at “fairs” or “camps” where surgeons operate one after the other on large numbers of patients. At the Saturday fair, a surgeon was reported to have operated 83 times in one day.

3 posted on 11/17/2014 5:12:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Wonder who’s funding these mass sterilizations?


4 posted on 11/17/2014 5:14:53 AM PST by RginTN
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To: RginTN
The drive to sterilise began in the 1970s when, encouraged by loans amounting to tens of millions of dollars from the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Authority and the UN Population Fund, India embarked on an ambitious population control programme.
5 posted on 11/17/2014 5:22:40 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Covered under Obamacare with no copay.


6 posted on 11/17/2014 5:53:26 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Rat Poison.....

...It’s What’s for Dinner!!


7 posted on 11/17/2014 6:27:05 AM PST by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Islamic foul play?


8 posted on 11/17/2014 6:43:13 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

They reduce blood clotting (increase bleeding). Not the best thing to do after surgery.


9 posted on 11/17/2014 12:32:50 PM PST by jim_trent
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