Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- "With the average gross monthly wage just $329 ( 364 euros), up to half of Estonians buy bootleg liquor, which accounts for 38% of the market.... [Sorry to sermonize, but even the imagination of a Dante couldn't have devised a condign punishment for the beasts who have reduced all of Eastern Europe, and most all the world, to this tragic plight.] Monday September 10, 10:37 PM 22 dead in Estonia after drinking poisonous bootleg booze TALLINN, Sept 10 (AFP) - Twenty-two people have died and another 35 were hospitalized after drinking illegally-produced alcohol containing poisonous methyl alcohol in western Estonia, the interior ministry said on Monday. The victims are believed to have bought the alcohol Saturday in half-litre (pint) refilled soda and mineral water bottles from a bootleg alcohol distributor in the seaside resort town of Parnu 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tallinn, local police said. People began turning up at local hospitals Sunday and victims were still arriving on Monday. Doctors fear that the death toll may rise as most of the hospitalized patients are in a coma. Estonian police spokesman Indrek Raudjalg said the methyl alcohol was most likely included inadvertently as one of the suspected distributors has also been hospitalized after drinking the liquor. Four suspects were taken into custody after raids by police, and 72 liters (16 gallons) of illegal alcohol were seized, but tests must still be conducted to determine whether the seized bottles contain methyl alcohol. With the average gross monthly wage just 329 dollars (364 euros), up to half of Estonians buy bootleg liquor which accounts for 38 percent of the market, according to a July report by the Estonian Market Research Institute. Deaths from contaminated alcohol are relatively rare, however, with the last case reported two years ago when one person died from methyl alcohol poisoning, according to the Eesti Paevaleht daily. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
