ohhhhhh yeah! some mid 80's SciFi goodness... Christopher Lambert. Trench Coats. Sword Fights. and Queen.
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Queen - Princes Of The Universe
Davenport student gives classmates rat poison
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A student at a Davenport elementary school brought rat poison to school and gave it to seven classmates, but all of the second and third graders are OK, an official said Thursday.
The students at Monroe Elementary School ingested a small amount of pellets before school on Tuesday, said Laura Bozarth, a spokeswoman for the Davenport Community School District.
The student brought the rat poison from home, she said. One student told a school employee, who told administrators.
'They did an all-building announcement and then teachers spoke to the students to try and determine who may have eaten it. If you did, they were sent to the office immediately, where parents were called,' Bozarth said.
The Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center was called.
'Poison control told us that the children would have to ingest an entire box to experience any poisonous effects,' she said.
Typical rat poison thins the blood.
Bozarth said some parents took their children to see doctors.
'None of the children have experienced any kind of concerning symptoms. As of yesterday, five out of the seven students were back in school. I don't know why the other two families didn't send their kids,' she said.
Bozarth said it's unclear why the student brought the rat poison. She declined to give details about the student or comment on the student's status.
Davenport police were called, she said.
A telephone call to police spokesman Capt. Dave Struckman on Thursday was not immediately returned.
Bozarth said the brand of rat poison was Contrac, made by Bell Laboratories. It's small turquoise pellets.
'What it has in it is a chemical that has a long-lasting anticoagulant. Basically, it thins the blood. A mouse or a rat that would eat this, it would thin their blood so much that they could have bleeding problems,' said Tammy Noble, a registered nurse and education coordinator with the Iowa Statewide Poison Center.
Noble said it would take a much larger quantity to affect a child — more than a mouthful.
She said if a human ingests a small amount, the body should tolerate it.
She said if a large amount of rat poison is ingested, the person would be monitored at a hospital to make sure the blood is not too thin.
Symptoms include nosebleeds and bruises, and usually appear after 24 hours.
The treatment is vitamin K, which helps the blood start clotting better, Noble said./////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
of course this made national news. the LA Times, KC Star, etc etc, all ran various versions on the same AP article. go Davenport!
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