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- Title
Suicide fad threatens neighbours, rescuers.
- Authors
Truscott, Amanda
- Abstract
The article reports that the Japan National Police Agency moved to shut down the website listing the recipe for creating a deadly hydrogen sulfide gas used in suicides in Japan. The gas which forms a cloud that affects neighbors and rescuers, has often cause massive evacuation. A 14-year old girl had used the gas after learning its production from the website. More than 180 people have died since March 2008 as a result of inhaling the fumes. The toxicity of the gas was likened to hydrogen cyanide which blocks oxygen from binding and stopping cellular respiration.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SUICIDE prevention; SUICIDE victims; JAPAN. National Police Agency; HYDROGEN sulfide; CHEMICAL processes; WEBSITES; CAUSES of death; CYANIDES; MEDICAL care; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2008, Vol 179, Issue 4, p312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.080878