Toxic Moonshine Killing Indian Men
source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/india.alcohol.deaths/index.html
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A neighbourhood in India has lost several of its men after they all drank a tainted batch of homebrew that turned out to be toxic.
One family lost three men - all brothers. Police say that family is just one of ten affected in the same Delhi neighbourhood.
Apparently, this is a big problem in India where hundreds of people have died over the years after drinking toxic booze. Earlier this month, more than 100 people died and more than 200 fell sick after drinking tainted alcohol in another town.
"It's a big problem," say the police. "It's men who die more often from lower income groups. So they (the women) don't have anybody to support them."
It's usually the poor who get sick and/or die because they can't afford to buy licensed alcohol or they live in areas where it's illegal to sell alcohol.
One family lost three men - all brothers. Police say that family is just one of ten affected in the same Delhi neighbourhood.
Apparently, this is a big problem in India where hundreds of people have died over the years after drinking toxic booze. Earlier this month, more than 100 people died and more than 200 fell sick after drinking tainted alcohol in another town.
"It's a big problem," say the police. "It's men who die more often from lower income groups. So they (the women) don't have anybody to support them."
It's usually the poor who get sick and/or die because they can't afford to buy licensed alcohol or they live in areas where it's illegal to sell alcohol.
