Word: poisonous
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Scientists determined that a second bottle of Tylenol contained the same poison that had killed a 23-year-old woman last weekend--an indication, authorities said, that the same hands were involved in both tamperings...
Police said they had no suspects and discounted a letter which claimed responsibility for the poisoning, demanded $2 million and threatened to poison other products. The man who admitted writing the note was charged only with an unrelated credit card fraud...
...Frank Young, FDA commissioner, said the department's Cincinnati laboratory had analyzed the contents of the second bottle and believed that the poison in both bottles came from the same source...
...could not say how the poison was introduced into the box. The seals and wrapping appeared to be unbroken...
...puffer fish is a delicacy in Japan, where it is known as fugu. Licensed chefs remove enough poison to make the fish nonlethal, yet leave enough to give a spine-tingling sensation, prickling of the tongue and lips, and a feeling of euphoria...