Indonesia court finds drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, awards parents

Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($US3,850) to each family whose children died of an acute kidney injury or were seriously injured after consuming toxic cough syrup. More than 200 children in Indonesia died of the injury and about 120 more survived, some of […]
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses

Dubai, United Arab Ermirates Reuters Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. The so-far unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months. Iranian officials […]
Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran

Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran’s theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as […]