# Pharmaceuticals contaminated with Rodenticide: 13 women dead in India.

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**Created:** [December 23, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pharmaceuticals-contaminated-with-rodenticide-13-women-dead-in-india/63505 "2014-12-23T23:44:02Z")\
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“Confirming these findings, Commission Bilaspur Division, Sonmani Borah, said traces of zinc phosphide have been found in Ciprocin 500mg tablets, manufactured by Mahawar Pharmaceutical Pvt Ltd. These tablets were distributed to all the women who underwent sterilizations at the three health camps - Takhatpur, Pendra and Marwahi - in Bilaspur district on last Saturday and Monday.”

**Source** : [Chhattisgarh botched sterilizations: Rodenticide contaminated medicines could be the cause of tragedy - The Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chhattisgarh-botched-sterilizations-Rodenticide-contaminated-medicines-could-be-the-cause-of-tragedy/articleshow/45150093.cms)

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> “Officials said these companies were just buying the medicines from some other sources and packaging them under their own names. The police are also looking out for actual manufacturer of the Cirpocin tablets…”

The good old fashioned redistribution game. Buy someone else’s goods, rebrand and sell. That’s what constantly makes me afraid of buying cheap goods for good deals, quality control usually goes with it. It’s horrifying to think that someone could have given me “medicine” laced with rat poison. 😕