Oranges poisoned with mercury

Title

Oranges poisoned with mercury

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Feb 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

A woman (poss. Christine Chapman) who bought some oranges and cut into the fruit has found mercury inside it. She informed the Police, and the Environmental Heath Department is now involved. Here a spokesman claims the oranges will now all have been sold; the fruit will be traced back to its place of origin.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Terrorism; Police; UK; Poisoning; Food industry; Metals; Mercury (element); Fruit; Environmental Health Department; Christine Chapman?

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