Familj i Söderhamn förgiftad av gasen fosfin - ett barn dog(2023-10-16)

Pappan: ”Vi vet ingenting”
När SVT når pappan i familjen har han ännu inte hört något om förgiftningsorsaken.

– Vi vet ingenting, polisen har inte kontaktat oss, säger han.

Åklagaren bekräftar att det är fosfingas som har förgiftat er. Det används mot skadedjur – insekter. Har ni använt något bekämpningsmedel hemma i lägenheten?

– Nej, nej, aldrig. Vi använder inte det.

Kan du tänka dig något annat sätt som ni kan ha fått i er det här giftet?

– Nej, jag vet inte.

Hur mår familjen nu?

– Så där. Vi tänker bara på vår lilla flicka.

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Aluminium phosphide poisoning is poisoning that occurs as a result of excessive exposure to aluminium phosphide (AlP), which is readily available as a fumigant for stored cereal grains and sold under various brand names such as QuickPhos, Salphos and Celphos. Aluminium phosphide is highly toxic, especially when consumed from a freshly opened container.[1][2] Acute aluminium phosphide poisoning (AAlPP) is a large though under-reported problem throughout the world, particularly in the Indian subcontinent.
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Incidents
It has been reported to be the most common method of suicidal death in North India.[18][19] Deaths have also been reported in Iran.[20] In January 2017, four children died at a trailer park in Amarillo, Texas, after the pesticide was used under the home to kill rats.[21] Several incidents of death in travelers in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia may have been caused by aluminum phosphide or chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate insecticide, used in an attempt to kill bedbugs in hotels.[22][23] On November 16 2019, 2 children and an adult were killed in Timișoara, Romania, after the residential complex they were living in had been improperly vented after fumigation with AlP. It was later found there were other cases in the country that could have been linked to the misuse of this chemical.[24] In February 2020, aluminum phosphide poisoning resulted in one death and three serious injuries aboard a cargo ship traveling near France,[25] as the result of a botched fumigation procedure.[26]

The CDC has classified phosphine as immediately dangerous to life at 50 parts per million.[27] In a study from Saudi Arabia, poisoning was most common during fumigation of households.[28]