Very high levels of sodium nitrite have been detected in samples of meat sent for analysis as part of investigations into the death of one person in Poland. The National Veterinary Research Institute ...

A medical examiner report revealed this week that Empire actress Lindsey Pearlman died by suicide in February from sodium nitrite poisoning—and she’s not alone. Her death is part of an alarming trend ...

A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead. A court in the central Chinese ...

A Chinese kindergarten teacher was executed Thursday for poisoning 25 of her students in 2019, resulting in the death of one child, the Associated Press reported. Wang Yun, 40, was convicted of ...

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A monstrous kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning 25 children — one of whom died — with breakfast porridge laced with sodium nitrite as revenge after a fight with a ...

Colorado lawmakers heard powerful testimony Tuesday about a bill aimed at saving lives. The measure would regulate a food preservative that is lethal in its concentrated form. The preservative, sodium ...

DENVER — Young people are increasingly turning to sodium nitrite and nitrate as a method of suicide after buying the products online, according to research presented during the 2025 American Academy ...