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Ohio overhauled its procedure after a failed execution attempt had to be halted in September. Executioners tried for hours to find a usable vein for injection, hitting bone and muscle in as many as 18 tries. The new regimen uses a single drug rather than three in combination, with a back-up plan should that fail. If the new injection doesn't work, executioners can inject drugs directly into muscles instead of veins.
2009-12-09
death death penalty USA poison anaestheticMore than 40 sites across Iraq are contaminated with high levels or radiation and dioxins, with three decades of war and neglect having left environmental ruin in large parts of the country, an official Iraqi study has found.
2010-01-22
Iraq invasion birth defect cancer radioactive toxin USA dioxin poisonUp to 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from drinking water in recent decades, according to a Lancet study.
2010-06-19
Bangladesh arsenic poison drink waterSome 3,500 people died within days and more than 15,000 in the years since.
2010-06-25
Bhopal gas Dow Chemical compensation poison accident disaster India