poisoning

The sludge swept through communities, destroying hundreds of people's homes and poisoning the river.

With milder poisoning, this period of normalcy can last up to two weeks; in severe cases, it ends in as little as five days.

But the biggest human risk to birds of prey is from illegal poisoning.

By that evening, many of the crewmen had begun to suffer from classic symptoms of radiation poisoning: weakness, headaches, fevers, and nausea.

According to a spokesperson for the Tuzla University clinical centre, several patients were being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, three of whom were in intensive care, local media reported.