Fatal 3-Nitropropionic Acid Poisoning after Consuming Coconut Water
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We describe the fatal course of a patient with initial symptoms of vomiting and nausea who developed symptoms of dystonia, encephalopathy, and coma. The cause of death was poisoning with 3-nitropropionic acid from coconut water spoiled with the ...
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Original Title: TIL a man in Denmark died by poisoning 26 hours after he drank coconut water (that had been spoiled by a fungus) directly from a coconut using a straw. But instead of keeping it refrigerated, it was left on the kitchen table for a month. It had been commercially prepared & sold as “ready-to-drink”.

  • PotatoLibre
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    7 months ago

    It remind me the kid who died for a pasta portion that’s been on a table for 5 days.

    Some people when hungry just don’t think.