For those of you that read my last post (Is there Toxic Waste in Your Toothpaste?) and remain skeptical- and find it hard to beleive you may unknowingly be eating rat poison, think again. Are you a fan of the hit TV series CSI?. Here's a synopses of one portion of Episode, Season 9, entitled Deep Fried and Minty Fresh: Catherine and Greg investigate the death of Melinda Tucker, who was killed handcuffed to her bed while her husband Scott,a real estate agent, was passed out drunk on the couch. Catherine takes the wine in Scott's glass back for processing, while Greg notices two tubes of toothpaste in the trash can. Catherine and Langston join Doc Robbins in the autopsy room. Doc takes out the heart and squeezes the contents out. Too every one's surprise, a blue substance comes out which Langston and Doc describe as "fresh" and "minty". The substance is later tested to be high in fluoride. Hodges confirms her death was due to fluoride poisoning from "toothpaste overdose" and points out that she was fed twice the amount needed to kill a person her size. Back at the lab, Greg makes a startling discovery: the DNA in the gloves is Melinda's. She fed herself a fatal dose of toothpaste, spiked her husband's wine and then handcuffed herself to the bed to frame him for her murder. Stay tuned for next weeks blog!
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