Word: pangrati
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last March, 50 people in the Pangrati section of Athens were seized with violent stomach pains, fever and nausea. It was found that they all bought their milk from Psofios. Police questioned Psofios, who insisted that his milk could not possibly be impure. Ten days later, Pangrati's first-aid stations and hospitals were again jammed by more than 150 men, women & children, all showing the same agonizing symptoms. Chemical analysis showed that they had been drinking milk poisoned by Trionol (a poisonous chemical used in Greece to clean marble and porcelain objects, including toilets). None of the victims...
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