Directed at NKM regarding some of us regulars going quiet on certain threads.

Just like when BangtaoboyNikkiAndrePatong whatever used to go off at times, these threads go so far away from the OP it just gets not worth piping in.

Back on topic, about two weeks after these ladies met their tragic fate a fish ball factory got shut for puffer fish bits in their balls. Colonel Mustard in the Library with the candelabra?

Way way off topic post removed.

Directed at NKM regarding some of us regulars going quiet on certain threads.

Just like when BangtaoboyNikkiAndrePatong whatever used to go off at times, these threads go so far away from the OP it just gets not worth piping in.

Back on topic, about two weeks after these ladies met their tragic fate a fish ball factory got shut for puffer fish bits in their balls. Colonel Mustard in the Library with the candelabra?

The puffer fish have a toxin inside them that is stonger than cyanide. There would have been many other deaths. Sure this toxin would have shown up in toxicology tests.

They did a good job of keeping it quiet. I would think that a total recall of a food product that is highly poisonous and could kill you would make global news.

Another post and the reply removed as taking us way off the original topic.

I think if they were informed the drink had DEET (mosquito repellant) in it - they wouldn't have bought it.

Sad story. RIP.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/581135-canadian-sisters-died-in-thailand-from-drinking-cocktail-that-contained-insect-repellent/

I think if they were informed the drink had DEET (mosquito repellant) in it - they wouldn't have bought it.

Sad story. RIP.

http://www.thaivisa....sect-repellent/

Yes. It's unlikely anyone would order a cocktail with poison in it.

It almost sounds like murder was a part of this.

I'll wait to see the results from the Quebec City autopsy.

^{A Quebec coroner is challenging the autopsy findings of Thai officials that ruled two Quebec sisters found dead in their hotel room in June were accidentally poisoned.}

^{Coroner Renée Roussel told Radio-Canada the concentration of the chemical DEET in the sisters' systems wasn't enough to be fatal.}

^{That contradicts the conclusion of Thai authorities, who performed post-mortems on the bodies of Noémi Bélanger, 25, and Audrey Bélanger, 20, shortly after the sisters were found on June 15 by hotel staff.}

^{A pathologist determined the women likely ingested DEET, a principal ingredient in bug repellant, in a euphoria-inducing cocktail that is popular among youth in Thailand.}

^{The sisters from Pohénégamook, Que., had just arrived on Thailand's Phi Phi Island and were last seen partying with two Brazilian friends in the early morning of June 13.}

^{Investigators said there were no signs of foul play in their hotel room, but there was evidence that the women may have suffered some kind of toxic reaction.}

^{DEET levels not fatal}

^{Dr. René Blais of Quebec's poison control centre said the DEET concentration reported by the Thai pathologist doesn't correspond to a concentration that would be toxic, "let alone a concentration that would be fatal."}

^{It's still unclear what caused their deaths if it wasn't DEET poisoning.}

^{Secondary autopsies were conducted in Montreal, but the results haven't been released.}

^{Thai investigators haven't closed the case. They submitted their investigation report to the Canadian Embassy in Thailand without making the findings public.}

^{Other mysterious deaths}

^{In the last three years, a dozen vacationers have died under suspicious circumstances in tourist areas of Thailand and Vietnam.}

^{In 2009, two young tourists, one from the United States and the other from Norway, who were staying at a guest house near the hotel where the Bélanger sisters were found, also died under mysterious circumstances.}

^{Their deaths remain unsolved, but there was speculation the women had been poisoned.}

^{The news report claimed DEET, a neurotoxic mosquito repellent, is used as an ingredient in a euphoria-inducing cocktail that is popular among youth in Thailand. The drink contains cough syrup, Coke, DEET and ground kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) leaves, which are a mild narcotic indigenous to Thailand.}

^{Information on the internet suggests the overuse of DEET, which is applied to the skin to repel mosquitoes, can cause seizures, but only four deaths have been reported.}

^{It is understood that the drink is served at establishments on Phi Phi Island, but there has been no report from police authorities on efforts to crack down on its illegal sale.}