News Daily: Brexit battle and more hurricane deaths
after the number of people killed by Hurricane Dorian rose to seven. The storm is now said to be running parallel to the coast of Florida, with maximum sustained winds having fallen to a still-dangerous 110mph .Heroin 'worth £120m' found on ship
National Crime Agency officers at the port of Felixstowe, Suffolk, have seized 1.3 tonnes of heroin. This is believed to be the biggest such haul in UK history, the drug having a street value of £120m. The heroin was hidden in towels and bathrobes.Cassava is highly toxic. It also requires a tedious and complex preparation ritual to make it safe. The cassava root will otherwise release hydrogen cyanide.
However, only the full, time-consuming ritual can guarantee that you will not be slowly poisoned, and develop a condition called Konzo, with symptoms including sudden paralysis of the legs. But in 1981, in Nampula in Mozambique, a young Swedish doctor knew none of this. As a result, the situation he faced was deeply puzzling.
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