To: Prince Charles
There's a really bad outbreak in West Bengal : it has killed quite a few children, and cause is still unknown.
Onset is rapid-death occurring in 5-6 hours.
1st opinion was some sort of contamination of milk supplies;however,it is now thought to be viral/bacterial-agent unknown.
West Bengal has an ongoing crisis from naturally dissolved arsenic compounds in its well waters-however, that seems unrelated.
9 posted on
06/09/2003 3:57:30 PM PDT by
genefromjersey
(I may SEEM a bit crotchety, but ... I'm REALLY a mean old coot !)
To: genefromjersey
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