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29 Children Die From Food Poisoning...
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:57 pm
by Prey521
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html
The vendor who sold the cassava balls insisted nothing was wrong with them and ate a few to prove the point. Now she, too, is in critical condition.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:59 pm
by Spammy
Oh' My Goodness thats Horrific.
Why is it always the Children
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:00 pm
by The Devil
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:02 pm
by Spammy
The Devil is Sad...???
Thats odd..
Satan does have a heart eh!
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:08 pm
by The Devil
[quote="Spammy"]The Devil is Sad...???
Thats odd.. ]
As I've said before: No Children.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:10 pm
by Spammy
The Devil wrote:As I've said before: No Children.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:12 pm
by Joint Chiefs of Staff
I have a co-worker that owns a business on Bohol Island.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:26 pm
by Ghosthunter
Wow that is sad...
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:29 pm
by wee96
Wow eating cyanide...thats horrible
Stupid a** lady, I want to laugh that she ate them herself and got sick but I think of the children who died from it and I cant laugh
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:30 pm
by EvilAngel
Jeeeezus!
Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root that is a low-cost source of carbohydrates in humid, tropical areas; it is also the source of tapioca.
Cassava contains amino acid-derived cyanogenic glucosides -- some more than others -- and must be thoroughly cooked to remove toxic levels.
Eaten raw, the human digestive system will convert part of it into cyanide. Two cassava roots contain enough to be fatal.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:32 pm
by thepieman
Eaten raw, the human digestive system will convert part of it into cyanide. Two cassava roots contain enough to be fatal
Wow.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:13 pm
by Scott
I have no idea why people would eat something like that.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:17 pm
by Joint Chiefs of Staff
Scott wrote:I have no idea why people would eat something like that.
They are poor people. Not a whole lot of food going around those parts.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:27 pm
by DaddyLongLeg
that sucks. my heart goes out to their families
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:05 pm
by hunglikehorse
that is sad, where's the parents?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:06 pm
by Prey521
hunglikehorse wrote:that is sad, where's the parents?
HUH?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:56 pm
by mmione
"Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root that is a low-cost source of carbohydrates in humid, tropical areas; it is also the source of tapioca.
Cassava contains amino acid-derived cyanogenic glucosides -- some more than others -- and must be thoroughly cooked to remove toxic levels.
Eaten raw, the human digestive system will convert part of it into cyanide. Two cassava roots contain enough to be fatal."
Wow, I would never eat it, especially from a vender, wayy to risky. That is really sad