Tuesday, September 20, 2011

12 Held in Sale of Pest Poisons, One 60 Times as Potent as the Legal Limit

12 Held in Sale of Pest Poisons, One 60 Times as Potent as the Legal Limit
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/nyregion/12-arrested-in-sales-of-illegal-pesticides-in-chinatown.html?_r=1

"The investigation began with a vial of blue-green liquid. Roughly two inches tall, it came in a yellow and blue box covered with Chinese characters and, in English, the words "The cat be unemployed."

It was rat poison, illegal and highly toxic."

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