1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning
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1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning
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The 1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning, known in French as Le Pain Maudit, took place on 15 August 1951, in the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in Southern France. More than 250 people were involved, including 50 people interned in asylums, and there were seven deaths. A foodborne illness was suspected; among these it was originally believed to be a case of "cursed bread". A majority of academic sources accept naturally occurring ergot poisoning as the cause of the epidemic, while a few theor
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Ergot poisoning incident in France
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Pont-Saint-Esprit_mass_poisoning
date created:
2010-12-20T00:21:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:47:23Z
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