In 1980, two children and 29 crew members aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine—a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain—for four days.

"This is the first instance of utilizing phosphine oxides … as the redox-active component in battery research," lead study author, Assistant Professor Christian Malapit, said in the release.

Santo Domingo.- Judge Milagros Ramírez of the Ninth Criminal Court of the National District sentenced French national Georges Antoine Thevenet to one year in prison for the deaths of Adelle Marie Ruiz ...