The Scotsman: Mystery Disease In Chechnya Is Blamed On Anti-Freeze
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posted by FerrasB on January, 2006 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/23/2005 11:54 PM The Scotsman Sat 24 Dec 2005 Mystery disease in Chechnya is blamed on anti-freeze MARGARET NEIGHBOUR RUSSIAN doctors yesterday blamed a chemical found in anti-freeze for a mystery disease that has hit dozens of Chechen children. Some 85 people, mostly children, are in hospitals in Chechnya with symptoms including hysteria, panic, shortness of breath, vomiting and diarrhoea - prompting Chechen rebels to claim they had been poisoned by Russian forces. But doctors in the neighbouring region of Dagestan blamed ethyl glycol, a chemical that prevents water freezing and is a major cause of poisoning in people and animals. "One of the most likely ways that they ingested it is through the water," one said. The doctor, who was part of a team that tested blood samples from five affected girls, said northern Chechnya relied on wells for its water and the poisoning might have sprung from polluted groundwater. Experts have ... >> full
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PRIMA News: Chechen Diary
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/23/2005 8:44 AM 23.12.2005 15:02 MSK Chechen Diary CHECHNYA. (Information courtesy of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency, Union of Non-Governmental Organisations, Chechen Committee of National Salvation). In Chechnya and Ingushetia there is no end to disappearances, killings, “special operations”, “addressed cleansing operations”, and arbitrary behaviour by Russian forces, the Chechen militia, as well as other unidentified groups. 8 December Grozny. A girl aged 16 has disappeared in the Zavod part of the capital. Madina Adueva left home for school, and has not returned. Grozny. During the hours of darkness, masked and camouflaged men took a resident of Malgobek street, Kazbek Dzhantamirov. It is unknown where he was taken. Another Grozny resident, Mokhmad Magomadov, was taken from his house on Tukhachev street. Urus Martan region. A land mine was discovered on the outskirts of Gekhi by federal forces. It was defused. Grozny. A partly decomposed body was discovered in the Oktyabr city district. The ... >> full
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PRIMA News: Chechen Diary
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/23/2005 8:44 AM 23.12.2005 15:02 MSK Chechen Diary CHECHNYA. (Information courtesy of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency, Union of Non-Governmental Organisations, Chechen Committee of National Salvation). In Chechnya and Ingushetia there is no end to disappearances, killings, “special operations”, “addressed cleansing operations”, and arbitrary behaviour by Russian forces, the Chechen militia, as well as other unidentified groups. 8 December Grozny. A girl aged 16 has disappeared in the Zavod part of the capital. Madina Adueva left home for school, and has not returned. Grozny. During the hours of darkness, masked and camouflaged men took a resident of Malgobek street, Kazbek Dzhantamirov. It is unknown where he was taken. Another Grozny resident, Mokhmad Magomadov, was taken from his house on Tukhachev street. Urus Martan region. A land mine was discovered on the outskirts of Gekhi by federal forces. It was defused. Grozny. A partly decomposed body was discovered in the Oktyabr city district. The ... >> full
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The Scotsman: Mystery Disease In Chechnya Is Blamed On Anti-Freeze
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/23/2005 11:54 PM The Scotsman Sat 24 Dec 2005 Mystery disease in Chechnya is blamed on anti-freeze MARGARET NEIGHBOUR RUSSIAN doctors yesterday blamed a chemical found in anti-freeze for a mystery disease that has hit dozens of Chechen children. Some 85 people, mostly children, are in hospitals in Chechnya with symptoms including hysteria, panic, shortness of breath, vomiting and diarrhoea - prompting Chechen rebels to claim they had been poisoned by Russian forces. But doctors in the neighbouring region of Dagestan blamed ethyl glycol, a chemical that prevents water freezing and is a major cause of poisoning in people and animals. "One of the most likely ways that they ingested it is through the water," one said. The doctor, who was part of a team that tested blood samples from five affected girls, said northern Chechnya relied on wells for its water and the poisoning might have sprung from polluted groundwater. Experts have ... >> full
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MosNews: Chechen Authorities Impose Restrictions On Covering Mysterious Disease
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/26/2005 2:08 AM A doctor inspects a girl in the children’s hospital at Chernorechenskaya village outside Grozny / Photo: AFP A doctor inspects a girl in the children’s hospital at Chernorechenskaya village outside Grozny / Photo: AFP Chechen Authorities Impose Restrictions on Covering Mysterious Disease by Media Created: 24.12.2005 17:28 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:28 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1135434533)); </SCRIPT> MosNews Chechen authorities are going to impose restrictions on media coverage of a mysterious disease affecting dozens of people after doctors said it was a reaction to media reports, RIA Novosti reported. “A replication of this theme in mass media has been gives rise to a number of the sick, and so we decided to restrict its media coverage,” Akhmed Dzheirkhanov, deputy head of the local branch of the Emergencies Ministry, said. Several versions of the disease origin have been already adduced by different doctors. Muminat Khadzhayeva, a doctor in the neighboring region ... >> full
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