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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 01:13 PM Sep 2019

Mystery of Cuban 'sonic attack' deepens as new study blames mosquito neurotoxin

Source: Yahoo News UK

Rob Waugh
Contributor
Yahoo News UK 24 September 2019

When American and Canadian diplomats fell ill in Cuba, the Trump administration suggested that they had been attacked by some form of secret weapon.

Conspiracy theorists obsessed over the idea that they may have fallen victim to some form of sonic ray - although Canada refrained from such suggestions.

Now a new Canadian study has suggested another culprit - a neurotoxin which originated from fumigation against mosquitoes during the Zika epidemic.

The incidents took place from late 2016 into 2018, and the United States in 2017 reduced its embassy staff to a minimum and Canada followed more recently.

The US cited the incidents and the danger posed to staff from what has become known as the “Havana Syndrome.”


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Mystery of Cuban 'sonic attack' deepens as new study blames mosquito neurotoxin (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
'Deepens'? FiveGoodMen Sep 2019 #1
I agree.The headline writer was completely off base. Not even close. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2019 #2
no mystery llashram Sep 2019 #3
At the same time corporate pollution is hard at work removing the "frost" from the "Permafrost". Judi Lynn Sep 2019 #5
this will be fought KT2000 Sep 2019 #4
Neurotoxin sounds very plausible SpankMe Sep 2019 #6
Or maybe it was bee poop (yellow rain) yellowcanine Sep 2019 #7

llashram

(6,265 posts)
3. no mystery
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 01:40 PM
Sep 2019

we are destroying rainforest worldwide through fire and greed. We/they are releasing all types of toxins, bacteria, viruses and whatever else can cause illness and death in human beings. These mosquitoes may have travelled from the rain forests on ships, planes, trucks, from the corporations destroying our rain forests. No proof just common sense, I feel. Pathogens, viruses etc. should have remained in those rain forests as they have been for millions of years. Just a feeling.

Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
5. At the same time corporate pollution is hard at work removing the "frost" from the "Permafrost".
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 01:51 PM
Sep 2019

Welcome to D.U.

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
4. this will be fought
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 01:51 PM
Sep 2019

by the corporations. They have studied these people and now have documentation that shows damage these products have on humans. The government will assist in burying the medical records.

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
6. Neurotoxin sounds very plausible
Tue Sep 24, 2019, 03:46 PM
Sep 2019

Foreign countries don't have the same rules we do about the toxicity of chemicals used around people. They should examine all of the diplomats and confirm a diagnosis. It shouldn't be real hard.

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