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Bottled Water Deliberately Poisoned in Italy
12/10/03
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Posted on 12/10/2003 8:09:15 AM PST by genefromjersey
This is intended as a "heads up" !!
In the last 2 weeks,10 people-including 2 small children-have been hospitalized in Italy after drinking bottled water,purchased in supermarkets,that had been poisoned with acetone,ammonia, or bleach . The contaminants had been injected into the bottles,just below their caps.
As of Monday, 12/08, at least 20 cases of contamination of various brands had been reported, and contamination has been found in 20 cities all over the country,including Sicily : giving rise to a suspicion there might be a "copycat factor" at work.
Fortunately, in most cases, consumers noticed the contamination before using the product, and alerted authorities.
Supermarkets have acted promptly: withdrawing thousands of bottles from their shelves, and setting up surveillance cameras;however,cartons of fruit juice and milk are now being tampered with...in-store.
Nobody has claimed responsibility. Police are inclined to suspect the poisonings may be the work of one of the radical anti-capitalist "environmentalist" groups that operate here.
This is now happening in Italy, but, given the almost instant international communication now available, it would seem just a matter of time before the threat emerges here.
It would suggest-starting right now-before using any bottled water,juice,or milk that has been packaged in a penetrable plastic bottle or carton,you sniff the contents: (Not a big lungful-just a small,cautious sniff !)and satisfy yourself there is nothing obviously wrong with the contents...just like Grandma used to do, back in "the olden days".
The prospect of this "juvenile protest method" being used by even more hostile forces,and much more dangerous contaminants is,to put it mildly,worrisome; and I was a bit hesitant about posting this, until I realized it is already widely known in Italy...meaning you will probably be seeing something about it on TV in a week or so.
I'd prefer to give an early warning so we can take some precautions before the "feathers" hit the fan !!
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: biochemicalthreat; italy; randomterror; tampering; terrorism
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To: genefromjersey
Barefoot prints leading to and from the scene of the crime
have turned up crushed grape residue.
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:08:35 PM PST
by
Jim Cane
To: sarasota
People who pay for bottled water
Are spending for stuff they hadn't oughtta.
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:28:23 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: gcruse
I know but it's hard to resist this Penta water that makes claims no others do.
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:33:17 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: sarasota
I looked at their website. Dr Kellogg comes to mind.
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:41:13 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: genefromjersey
Fairly simple to solve.
Pressurize the container, just a little, with an inert gas like argon.
Instruct people that if is dosent hiss when you open dont drink it.....
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:48:47 PM PST
by
76834
To: thatdewd
First suspects: Islamists.
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posted on
12/10/2003 12:54:44 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: gcruse
Who's Dr. Kellogg?
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:00:23 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: sarasota
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:07:53 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: onedoug
Niagara indexing bump
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:09:06 PM PST
by
txhurl
(No SuperTargets for Iraq!)
To: onedoug
First suspects: Islamists.and second, and third, and ...
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:13:12 PM PST
by
thatdewd
To: genefromjersey
PEH (Pets Eating Humans)LOL, I love that name.
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:15:19 PM PST
by
thatdewd
To: Jim Cane
Ah-HAH !!!
Steven Hatfill strikes AGAIN !!!
(Source: The Gospel according to Barbara Hatchetjob )
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:30:10 PM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: genefromjersey
Great. I have reservations at Cesca on Saturday night. Now I can't have my Pelegrino.
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posted on
12/10/2003 2:00:02 PM PST
by
Celantro
Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: MEG33; Ragtime Cowgirl; windchime; blackie; Dog; Grampa Dave; radu
Ping
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posted on
12/10/2003 3:36:50 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: genefromjersey
Not to worry many Italians haven't drank water in decades. They prefer vino. :)
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posted on
12/10/2003 3:50:12 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
I'm not worried about Italy:I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.....in
our supermarkets.
Once upon a time, you could yawn, and point out the fact Italy is an ocean away.Now we have resident terrorists of all kinds living here: a handful of whom are probably nesting on college campuses right in our own back yards.
The point of the "heads up" is to suggest simple precautions against the more obvious attacks:
1. Take an extra second or two to examine any milk,soda,water,juice, etc. that comes in a plastic (or plasticized paper ) container.Any evidence of tampering?
2. Before drinking from (or drinking contents of) any such container,take a cautious sniff of contents for obvious contaminants.
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posted on
12/10/2003 4:05:04 PM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: genefromjersey
Make sure you don your tinfoil toupe before attempting this dangerous feat though. :)
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posted on
12/10/2003 4:07:51 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: genefromjersey
Nobody has claimed responsibility. Police are inclined to suspect the poisonings may be the work of one of the radical anti-capitalist "environmentalist" groups that operate here.
That explains why the socialist media in this country are completely ignoring this story.
To: anymouse
Hey mouse: the information leading to the post was published on ProMed: the official site of the Institute for Infectious Diseases. They're a real "foil hat" outfit: always going on and on about Ebola in the Congo, SARS, Anthrax, Dengue fever, and other crap like that.
Real downer,man !
Go back to your reality show. I think they might be eating slugs tonight.
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posted on
12/10/2003 4:33:53 PM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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