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The Vypeen alcohol poisonings killed an estimated 77 people in 1982 in Vypeen near Kochi in Indian state of Kerala. Hundreds of people, mostly fish workers and other labour people, drank spurious liquor supplied by several Government-licensed arrack shops. The tragedy occurred on the Onam day of 1982 and killed 77 people, blinded 63, crippled 15 and reduced nearly 650 families were to penury. When victims of this killer brew were hospitalized, doctors identified signs of methanol poisoning.

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  • The Vypeen alcohol poisonings killed an estimated 77 people in 1982 in Vypeen near Kochi in Indian state of Kerala. Hundreds of people, mostly fish workers and other labour people, drank spurious liquor supplied by several Government-licensed arrack shops. The tragedy occurred on the Onam day of 1982 and killed 77 people, blinded 63, crippled 15 and reduced nearly 650 families were to penury. When victims of this killer brew were hospitalized, doctors identified signs of methanol poisoning. (en)
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  • The Vypeen alcohol poisonings killed an estimated 77 people in 1982 in Vypeen near Kochi in Indian state of Kerala. Hundreds of people, mostly fish workers and other labour people, drank spurious liquor supplied by several Government-licensed arrack shops. The tragedy occurred on the Onam day of 1982 and killed 77 people, blinded 63, crippled 15 and reduced nearly 650 families were to penury. When victims of this killer brew were hospitalized, doctors identified signs of methanol poisoning. (en)
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  • Vypeen alcohol poisonings (en)
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