What the records say
- When
- 30 Oct 1858
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.80° N, 1.75° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning.
Summary
Bradford sweets poisoning: 21 people are killed and 200 more suffer arsenic poisoning when arsenic is accidentally substituted for plaster in adulterating sweets sold in Bradford market.
1858 Bradford sweets poisoning
Mass arsenic poisoning in England
In 1858 a batch of sweets in Bradford, England, was accidentally adulterated with poisonous arsenic trioxide. About five pounds of sweets were sold to the public, leading to around 20 deaths and over 200 people suffering arsenic poisoning.
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