The World Health Organization has said pesticide poisoning was the likely cause of the mysterious deaths of at least 18 people in Ondo state earlier this week. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in a Tweet, the “current hypothesis is, cause of the event is herbicides”, as tests done so far are negative for viral and bacterial infection.

The victims, whose symptoms included headache, weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness, died within a day of falling ill in the town of Ode-Irele, in southwestern Ondo state. A high chief of the town had attributed the deaths to the anger of the god of Molokun.

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Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/health2/item/409-breaking-world-health-organization-reveals-the-cause-of-ondo-mysterious-deaths

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