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HOTEL DEATH REPORT
Thai authorities have completed their investigation into the deaths of five tourists and a Thai tour guide at Downtown Inn Hotel in Chiang Mai, identifying the likely causes of some of the deaths as insecticide.
The Downtown Inn of Chiang Mai is where six victims died, including Sarah Carter, 23, of New Zealand.
The Disease Control Department's five-month probe covered six deaths and illness in three other people in Chiang Mai between Jan 11 and Feb 19. The report pointed to likely causes of death, but could not confirm the agents.
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Discussion 4 : 17/08/2011 at 10:11 AM4
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quoted: "Thai health authorities are taking steps to reduce the risk of chemical and pesticide exposure to future Chiang Mai visitors and will apply the measures in other major tourist destinations, the statement said." unquote Thai health authorities must be ashamed for not taking care for all Thai people. The message at least announces that these measures will only apply for "Chiang Mai visitors and in other major tourist destinations". Well if the statement of death by pesticides or rodenticides is true, why not apply these preventive measure throughout the whole of Thailand???
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Discussion 3 : 17/08/2011 at 07:55 AM3
The denials that this was a possibility and refusal to carry out a proper investigation went on long enough to ensure that the actual chemical could not be identified and therefore nobody could be prosecuted for causing the deaths. Objective achieved.
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Discussion 2 : 17/08/2011 at 06:47 AM2
Initially it was reported that some of the victims had ingested some type of BBQ meat, yet there is no follow-up on this. What did the'experts' determine to be the route of exposure? Is it coincidence that formaldehyde or formalin causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as severe diarrhea and can affect internal organs like the heart and kidneys causing death? Is it coincidence that a few months later, the authorities uncovered a massive scandal involving many slaughterhouses in the north that were selling dead chickens soaked in formalin for human consumption? The experts identified an insecticide or a rodenticide. Well, which ones? The exact agent could not be identified - how convenient. 'Likely' exposed to chemicals commonly found in pesticides is not definitely exposed. If the cause of their illnesses was likely the same due to the proximity of their rooms, was it insecticide or rodenticide? Why is there no mention of the elderly couple who died of apparent heart attacks in the same room? 'Thai health authorities are taking steps to reduce the risk of chemical and pesticide exposure to future Chiang Mai visitors and will apply the measures in other major tourist destinations, the statement said.' This certainly sets my mind at ease that the risk will somehow be 'reduced'.
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Discussion 1 : 17/08/2011 at 03:54 AM1
How about air condition units? If any one ever think about airborne diseases?I witnessed myself about insecticide.It was heavily used in hotel where I stayed in Bangkok. The smell was overwhelmed. I believe Thailand doesnot have any regulations about pesticide. While staying in Thailand I wanted to have some salted dried fish dish. My family members told me they used pesticide to prevent insects from laying eggs on dried fish products. It is scarey.
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