Suicide by detergent
Posted by jtsmyth8 on April 24, 2008
A 14-year-old Japanese girl killed herself by mixing laundry detergent with cleanser, releasing fumes that also sickened 90 people in her apartment house.
Authorities say none of the sickened neighbours in Konan, southern Japan, were severely ill, although about 10 were hospitalized.
The deadly hydrogen sulfide gas escaped from the girl’s bathroom window and entered neighbouring apartments.
The girl’s suicide Wednesday night was part of an expanding string of similar deaths that experts say have been encouraged by Internet suicide sites. (story)
