Police suspect poisoning at German university as students turn blue

Guardian ^ | 24 Aug 2021 | Philip Oltermann

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Seven people have fallen ill after consuming a variety of food and drink from kitchens at Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, in what police suspect may have been an attempted poisoning.

Several students and members of staff experienced nausea and some watched their arms or legs turn blue after using kitchen facilities and a drinks machine

Police suspect poisoning at German university as students turn blue Several people experience nausea and some watch their limbs change colour after using campus kitchens

Darmstadt’s Technical University’s Lichtwiese campus. Darmstadt Technical University’s Lichtwiese campus, where students and staff became ill. Photograph: Frank Rumpenhorst/AP Philip Oltermann in Berlin @philipoltermann Tue 24 Aug 2021 09.11 EDT

Seven people have fallen ill after consuming a variety of food and drink from kitchens at Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, in what police suspect may have been an attempted poisoning.

Several students and members of staff experienced nausea and some watched their arms or legs turn blue after using kitchen facilities and a drinks machine at the university’s Institute of Materials Science on Monday, Hesse state police reported.

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Isabelle Collin Dufresne AKA Ultra Violet.

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what police suspect may have been an attempted poisoning.

I'm no doctor and didn't stay at a Holiday Inn but I'd say if you turned blue it was a lot more than an attempted poisoning.

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Did everything taste like bitter almonds?

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Seven people have fallen ill after consuming a variety of food and drink from kitchens at Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, in what police suspect may have been an attempted poisoning.

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If seven people turn blue in unison, would it be more accurate to say they were actually poisoned? I have never been able to turn blue, but I'll admit that would be a neat trick.

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—” I’d say if you turned blue it was a lot more than an attempted poisoning.”

Well, we would not want to prejudge here, there yet may be a perfectly innocent explanation...