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The nightmare of the Prinok affair: This is how the compensation amount will be determined

Sedatives have already been detected in five products. A tort law expert explains: What is the amount of compensation, and how will it be determined?

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A woman enters the Zol Begadol branch on Jaffa Street, downtown Jerusalem, June 17, 2026.

Baby puree scare: Police examine possible terror angle after sedatives hospitalize four infants

African fattail scorpion.

Scorpions load their stings and claws with iron and zinc, boosting killing power

Police in Austria said late on Saturday that rat poison was found inside a jar of HiPP baby food, following a recall of the product from more than 1,000 SPAR supermarkets in the country over safety fears.

Austria police find rat poison in HiPP baby food jar after nationwide recall


Iran must be penalized for poisoning young girls - opinion

If the illness of Iranian schoolgirls is not caused by “mass sociogenic illness,” then it raises a fundamental question about the underlying reason for these incidents.

 IRANIAN-AMERICAN activist Masih Alinejad attends ‘TIME’ magazine’s Second Annual Women of the Year Gala, in Los Angeles, earlier this month.

Full scope of poison attacks against Iranian schoolgirls revealed

Sources have provided The Media Line with a true picture of the extent of the incidents, including the names of many of the schools singled out for attack

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iran's Khamenei calls girls' poisoning 'unforgivable' after public anger

The poisonings began in November in the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Qom and spread to 25 of Iran's 31 provinces, prompting some parents to take children out of school and protest.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the Arbor Day ceremony in Tehran, Iran March 6, 2023.

Iran mobilizes misinformation about school poisonings - analysis

Iranian pro-regime media are afraid that the regime will be blamed, so they have deployed a number of theories about what happened in order to distract attention from the events.

 People gather around an ambulance outside a girls school after reports of poisoning in Fardis, Alborz province, Iran in this undated video still image released March 1, 2023 and obtained by REUTERS

Iran president blames foreign enemies for wave of schoolgirl poisonings

The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Cica Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022.

Iranians protest as over 1,000 schoolgirls poisoned in more than 50 schools

Iranians chanted "death to the child-killing government" after eight schools reported poisonings in one day.

 A young woman lies in hospital after reports of poisoning at an unspecified location in Iran in this still image from video from March 2, 2023.

Iranian girls are being poisoned to stop them from attending school

Iran's deputy health minister confirmed that "some people" were poisoning girls but didn't elaborate on who or how.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

26 Israeli women were hospitalized for visiting a hair salon

Many women have been straightening their hair in recent years, but they may not be aware of the serious potentially life-threatening health risks.

 IN AKKADIAN, ‘pe-ra wasarat’ means hair that is unloosened rather than uncovered.

Russia's deputy Chechnya head poisoned by substance sent in envelope

Samples of the poison were taken for analysis and an investigation was opened into the assassination attempt.

 Re-elected head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov attends an inauguration ceremony in Grozny, Russia October 5, 2021.

Makeup for children contains highly poisonous chemicals - study

Poisonous chemicals that are often used in makeup are especially dangerous for children because of their undeveloped immune systems.

 Illustrative image of makeup.