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Jul 9, 2008 10:12 am US/Eastern

6 Sickened By Stew In Gaithersburg

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) ― Authorities say six people in Gaithersburg became ill after eating a stew flavored with herbs that might have been covered in pesticide.

Montgomery County fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says authorities were called to a townhouse about 1 a.m. Wednesday, where 12 people were attending a get-together.

Piringer says half of them ate the stew, becoming nauseous and dizzy -- and in some cases suffering hallucinations. He says those hospitalized range in age from 20 to 70-years-old. Five of the six were in intensive care.

According to a preliminary investigation, the stew was flavored with mint leaves picked from a garden next to the townhouse. Piringer says those who ate the stew exhibited symptoms typical of poisonings that involve organophosphates, highly toxic pesticides.

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