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mainer

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12. Organophosphate poisoning? It can off-gas

Reply to LearnedHand (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 02:50 PM

11 hrs ago

from cadavers and poisoned patients, causing illness among healthcare workers.
It's a component in pesticides. Perhaps the initial patients were farmworkers?

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Organophosphate poisoning? It can off-gas mainer 11 hrs ago #12