Fumes used for suicide sicken 90
A 14-year-old Japanese girl killed herself by mixing laundry detergent with cleanser, releasing hydrogen sulfide fumes that also sickened 90 people in her apartment house, police said Thursday.
None of the sickened neighbors in Konan, southern Japan, were severely injured, although about 10 were hospitalized, authorities said.
The girl’s suicide Wednesday night followed a string of similar deaths that experts say have been encouraged by Internet suicide sites. A 31-year-old man outside Tokyo killed himself inside a car early Thursday by mixing detergent and bath salts, police said.
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