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   > Five Kazakhs die after eating wild mushrooms   
   > Wed 15 Nov 2006 6:11:21 GMT   
   >   
   > ALMATY, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Five people died in Kazakhstan after eating   
   wild   
   > mushrooms and up to 60 mushroom-pickers suffered acute poisoning, media   
   reported   
   > on Wednesday.   
   >   
   > At least three of the dead were children, Kazakhstan Today news agency   
   reported.   
   >   
   > Mushroom picking is a national pastime in many former Soviet countries   
   where   
   > whole families take to the woods in late summer and autumn to gather   
   mushrooms.   
   >   
      
   Thanks for the reminder that all those that forage for mushrooms need to   
   refresh their 'due diligence' with regard to what they eat.   
   This is not the first time that I have read of these 'poisonings' in this   
   forum. It seems be a problem that cannot solve itself and will continue as   
   long as people are hungry and attempting to reap a harvest from 'Mother   
   Earth'. Unfortunately, it does not happen in just economically disadvantaged   
   locations. One of the cites was from British Columbia and in the last year   
   there were three kidney failures attributed to mushroom poisoning in   
   SC...one resulted in death...   
   The real question that your post should initiate is :   
   Should we as a forum care enough to do something about the problem?   
   or   
   Should we just lean back and say "It's not my problem!"?   
      
   Might Gunilla have some ideas?   
      
   Just food for thought...   
      
      
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