List of human-made mass poisoning incidents

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Incidents

  • 1857, Hong Kong. Esing Bakery incident: 300–500 people consumed bread adulterated with large quantities of arsenic. Only three deaths were recorded, since the amount of arsenic was high enough to induce vomiting and prevent digestion. It is unknown whether the contamination was deliberate or accidental.[1]
  • 1858, England. Bradford sweets poisoning: Sweets accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall which led to the poisoning of more than 200 people, including 21 deaths.
  • 1858, United States. In the New York Swill milk scandal, an estimated 8,000 infants died in just one year, during the years long duration of adulterated milk.
  • 1900 English beer poisoning
  • 1923 Elks National Home in Bedford, Virginia. Nine killed by apple cider contaminated by a pesticide.[2]
  • 1936 Japan. A massibie food poisning disease, many packed Daifuku rice cake, manufactured by Miyoshino confectionery shop, and supply to paticipate relative for Hamamatsu First Junior High School, as predecessor of North Hamamatsu Senior High School, Shizuoka Prefecture on May 11, and 2,072 persons were diseased, 47 persons were human death, one of largest single poison death relative school in Japan and world, caused by salmonella, but no investigate on confectionery shop by local official, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.[3]
  • 1937, United States. Elixir Sulfanilamide 105 adults and children died from diethylene glycol in over 14 states from a toxic version of sulfanilamide created by the S.E Massengill's company marked as the 'Elixir of sulfanilamide.'
  • 1964 The whole planet earth. A satellite called SNAP9a with 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of plutonium-238 exploded and was distributed over all continents.
  • 1967, Colombia. Nutibara bakery poisoning: At least 78 people died and 800 recorded intoxicated after consuming bread baked with flour that was contaminated when bottles containing Paratiol, a potent insecticide spilled over the flour bags during transit.
  • 1968, Japan. Yushō disease; mass poisoning resulting from rice bran oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls in Kyūshū killed more than 500.
  • 1971, Iraq. Iraq poison grain disaster: A mass poisoning by grain treated with a methylmercury fungicide which was imported to the country as seed and never intended for human consumption. According to several estimates, the recorded death toll varies from 459 to 650 people, though much higher estimates have been offered.[citation needed]
  • 1973, United States. Michigan cattle poisoning with PBB:[4] A fire retardant chemical was accidentally mixed in with cattle feed and consumed by over 30,000 dairy cows.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lowe, Kate; McLaughlin, Eugene (2015). "'Caution! The bread is poisoned': The Hong Kong mass poisoning of January 1857" (PDF). The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 43 (2): 189–209: 190, 197. doi:10.1080/03086534.2014.974904. S2CID 159790706.
  2. ^ "VA Poisoned Cider Kills Nine at Elks Home". New York Times. 12 November 1923. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ ja:浜一中大福餅事件 (Japanese language edition) Retrvated date on February 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Gleason, Rachael (2010-06-04). "Poisoning Michigan: Author revisits PBB crisis 30 years later". Great Lakes Echo. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. ^ "PBB; How 30,000 cows in Michigan died in 1970's still haunts people, environment today". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  6. ^ "POISON DEATHS BRING U.S. WARNING ON TYLENOL USE". New York Times. 2 October 1982. Retrieved 23 October 2021.