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TexasTowelie

(111,317 posts)
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 12:06 AM Apr 2013

Mass vomiting breaks out at Fort Worth baby shop

Sixteen people say they felt sick Saturday while at a baby goods store in southwest Fort Worth, and 13 were taken by ambulance to hospitals, but emergency responders found no apparent cause.

At 2:40 p.m., Fort Worth firefighters were called to buybuy BABY at 4648 SW Loop 820, just north of Hulen Mall, after a report that employees complained of lightheadedness, dizziness and nausea, said Lt. Carol Jones, a Fire Department spokeswoman.

"Our fire crews were unable to find anything or smell anything so they cleared the scene after MedStar arrived," Jones said, referring to the city-contracted ambulance. Neither firefighters nor an Atmos Energy crew found signs of carbon monoxide poisoning or a natural gas leak.

About an hour later, firefighters were called back to the store with additional complaints of the same symptoms.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/04/13/4772586/15-employees-and-shoppers-say.html#my-headlines-default#storylink=cpy

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Mass vomiting breaks out at Fort Worth baby shop (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2013 OP
Barf-o-rama? ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #1
OOPS! Call the Midwife!!! elleng Apr 2013 #2
They need to check the fluorescent lighting. Warpy Apr 2013 #3
Having been in prop planes that hit turbulence and where a passenger got air sick, there seems Cleita Apr 2013 #4
I think the sound of it hitting the floor can be a trigger. If I'm not careful, mbperrin Apr 2013 #6
A shop named 'buybuy BABY' ... DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #5

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
4. Having been in prop planes that hit turbulence and where a passenger got air sick, there seems
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 12:21 AM
Apr 2013

to be a trigger reaction where everyone starts getting sick. It's the smell of vomit I think. This may not be what happened in the store but a possibility to think about being there would be pregnant women in the shop as well who are more prone to morning sickness.

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
6. I think the sound of it hitting the floor can be a trigger. If I'm not careful,
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 03:01 PM
Apr 2013

I'll still gag when the custodian hits that wet string mop just right. And surely pregnant women are more prone to morning sickness. (Seemed that way after 3 kids, 5 grandkids, and 4 great-grandkids!)

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