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Washington Post
April 20, 2008
Pg. 21
Afghanistan
As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday.
At least 161 people were also hospitalized with Gulran disease in Herat province, said Peter Graaff of the U.N. World Health Organization. A local toxic weed called charmak contains chemicals that can cause the disease, officials said.
The agency was sending an epidemiologist to Afghanistan to investigate whether wheat or other foods were contaminated and whether people might be eating the weed deliberately as a flavor enhancer, Graaff said.
April 20, 2008
Pg. 21
Afghanistan
As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday.
At least 161 people were also hospitalized with Gulran disease in Herat province, said Peter Graaff of the U.N. World Health Organization. A local toxic weed called charmak contains chemicals that can cause the disease, officials said.
The agency was sending an epidemiologist to Afghanistan to investigate whether wheat or other foods were contaminated and whether people might be eating the weed deliberately as a flavor enhancer, Graaff said.