Originally Posted by
Kwang
Which one out of his 200 deductions is anyones guess though
Actually, there are only a 'handfull' of possibilities. And I admit an earlier surmise of mine--warfarins/rat poison--is no longer a likely suspect, not because it can't cause some of the symptoms they had (it can), but it takes too long to do it and (usually) has to be eaten in large quantities.
Since deadly poisons are readily available in Thailand and are used in homicides in Thailand let’s list the likely chemical poisons in the recent deaths of the Belanger sisters, keeping in mind that the symptoms and deaths of the 2009 and 2012 Kho Phi Phi poisoning victims and the 2011 poisoning victims in Chiang Mai
do not correlate with 1)
food poisoning, 2)
party drugs 3)
toxic seafood 4)
dengue and other related fevers 5)
alcohol 6)
visine 7)
GBH 8)
water treatment plants 9)
cholera 10)
mushrooms .
Nor do they correlate with skin exposure or with inhaling poisons with the exception of aluminum phosphide, which, if it were the culprit, it was highly likely it was not accidental because, given the highly toxic inhalation nature of aluminum phosphide, if it were used in any of the many tens of thousands of Thai hotel rooms with the 15 million visitors per year, we would see many, many more truly accidental deaths from it.
Also because aluminum phosphide would have seeped under and out of doors and made many others sick in those hotels. So, as you see below, aluminum phosphide is one of the ‘better’ suspects, but the route of exposure—as in India—is most likely by ingestion. 150 milligrams will kill—which is a tiny piece of the readily available 3 gram
tablets or one of the 0.6 gram
pellets.
Given the facts that indicate these deaths were not accidental, it would be illogical to rule out murder until it has been proven otherwise.
The symptoms the victims had are as follows along with the poisons that are readily available in Thailand, a small amount of which, slipped in a drink or food, can easily kill.
Note that organophosphates include chlorpyrifos. And carbamates include methomyl, which was used by Thai serial killer to kill his victims so he could steal their cars and earn $300 for each.
Cyanosis
(“
blue or purple coloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to the tissues near the skin surface being low on oxygen” Note that cyanide produces cherry red skin and does not directly cause cyanosis).
Paraquat; 1080; strychnine; organochlorine pesticides; organophsphate and carbamate insecticides; aluminum phosphide
Diarrhea (first)
Organophosphate and carbamate pesticides;
Nausea & vomiting followed by diarrhea
aluminum phosphide; Organophosphate and carbamate pesticides; arsenic; cyanide;
Bloody diarrhea
Paraquat; Arsenic; aluminum phosphide;coumarin (anti-coagulant i.e. rat poison)
Pulmonary edema
(note that many chemicals come packaged in a hydrocarbon base which is well-known to cause pulmonary edema)
Aluminum phosphide; organophosphate and carbamate pesticides; paraquat; cyanide
Kidney failure
aluminum phosphide; Paraquat;
Salivation
Organophosphate and carbamate pesticides; cyanide
Ecchymoses (bruising)
Coumarin; aluminum phosphide
Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)
Aluminum phosphide; paraquat; organophosphates;
http://npic.orst.edu/RMPP/rmpp_inss.pdf
(National Poison Information Center)