Poisoning -- Madagascar
Madagascar's health service ministry says 8 children have died after suffering acute food poisoning believed to have been caused by eating sea turtle meat in northern Madagascar.
The consumption of sea turtles and 24 other fish species by humans is not recommended by experts, as they are known to consume toxic algae that can prove lethal in the summer months.
Police confirmed that all of those who died were children.
In December last year [2017], 8 people died from acute food
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