Nearly 80 Afghan girls are poisoned in separate incidents at schools Monday 5th June 2023Two separate attacks target primary schools in Sar-e-Pul province, leaving girls poisoned and in need of medical care.
Author who wrote about bereavement following her husband’s death charged with his murder Wednesday 10th May 2023Kouri Richins allegedly spiked her husband's cocktail with fentanyl in 2022.
Canadian man arrested for sending sodium nitrite to aid people in killing themselves Friday 5th May 2023Kenneth Law was charged with "aiding suicide" and faces up to 14 years in prison under Canada's criminal code.
Secrets of arsenic-laced portrait album revealed Thursday 20th April 2023The poisonous album features the portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Elderly couple dies after eating poisonous pufferfish in Malaysia Monday 10th April 2023The couple died after frying the fish for lunch.
Woman found guilty of trying to murder her doppelgänger with poisoned cheesecake Friday 10th February 2023Viktoria Nasyrova is also wanted in Russia for murder.
Man taken to hospital after eating beans containing ricin Sunday 5th January 2020The man had consumed castor beans, which contain traces of ricin.
At least 12 people died after drinking tainted coconut wine in the Philippines Tuesday 24th December 2019More than 300 people were hospitalised after drinking lambanog.
Karen Wetterhahn Friday 12th January 2018Karen Wetterhahn dropped 2 drops of dimethylmercury onto her hand in August 1996. In June 1997, she died.