poisoning
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Abatement work has exploded in recent years as a more humane alternative to poisoning or killing the birds, Coulson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
But I've had enough of second-guessing myself and panicking I'm poisoning my child if I feed him chicken nuggets, so I've given my shopping list to a dietitian to analyse.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Around 2,000 students and teachers across Indonesia have fallen ill with food poisoning over the past three days linked to the government's free school meals programme.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But I’m not saying I got food poisoning from Found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The nurse says it’s not food poisoning, since no one else got sick but me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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The Incline Village General Improvement District, which owns and manages the residents-only beach where the poisonings took place, has put up another $25,000 and installed additional cameras around the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They were protesting a fuel price hike and a free school meals programme that was blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
But last week, Prabowo fired the head of the agency responsible for the free meals programme, following mass poisonings and allegations of corruption.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
During the state’s last major spate of poisonings in 2016, 14 cases were reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Many cases of human poisonings are on record, most of them in connection with industrial handling.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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