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SVT reports that 80 people have registered having food poisoning after dining at the restaurant with a city tracking tool between last Saturday and Thursday morning, and 400 people have been contacted for infection tracing.

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A mayor has praised emergency crews for their response to a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a takeaway that left one man dead and seven others needing treatment.

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A man has died and seven people have been treated for the suspected effects of carbon monoxide poisoning at a takeaway.

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Essay Topic: You once said immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” and yet your late mother and two of your three wives were immigrants.

Victims of the recent outbreaks complained of stomach aches, dizziness, and nausea – as well as shortness of breath, which is a non-typical symptom of food poisoning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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