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Nitrate-laden food downs 18 in P’sinan

- Eva Visperas -
ALAMINOS CITY — Spaghetti and pancit palabok found laden with nitrate used as preservative for meat products downed three teachers and 15 students of a high school here last Friday, authorities said.

Dr. Jess Canto, director of the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City, said laboratory tests showed that the food served at the canteen of the Great Plebeian College had nitrate which the cook could have mistaken for salt.

Canto said excessive intake of nitrate could cause abdominal pain.

The victims suffered vomiting, dizziness and headaches and were rushed to the Western Pangasinan District Hospital here.

ABDOMINAL

ALAMINOS

AUTHORITIES

CANTO

CITY

DAGUPAN CITY

DR. JESS CANTO

GREAT PLEBEIAN COLLEGE

MEDICAL CENTER

NITRATE

WESTERN PANGASINAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

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