260 FACTORY WORKERS POISONED.Some 260 female workers at a garment factory in central El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. were poisoned, apparently by chlorine leaking from a pipe, though police are still seeking to determine the cause, reports EFE EfE Environment for Europe (EU) EFE Einstein Field Equations (general relativity) EFE Early Fuel Evaporation (Automotive Emission Control) EFE Endocardial Fibroelastosis News Service (July 7, 2002). The incident took place at Hoon's Apparel, a factory in Olucuilta, within the International Free Zone in La Paz La Paz, city, Bolivia La Paz (lä päs), city (1992 pop. 713,378), W Bolivia, administrative capital (since 1898) and largest city of Bolivia. The legal capital is Sucre. province. Dozens of women, some of them pregnant, were rushed to emergency rooms around La Paz complaining of dizziness, vomiting vomiting, ejection of food and other matter from the stomach through the mouth, often preceded by nausea. The process is initiated by stimulation of the vomiting center of the brain by nerve impulses from the gastrointestinal tract or other part of the body. and other symptoms, and a number of them were still hospitalized two days later. Copyright 2002 |
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