Eating Endangered Turtle, Six Killed

Six people died and more than 90 others became ill after  they ate the meat of endangered sea turtles  in Micronesia, the government said that the Pacific countries,

All the victims, who included four children, died after a party on the island of Murilo in mid-October. Endangered hawksbill turtle made ​​meal in the party, the public information office said the Federated States of Micronesia.

Government officials and World Health Organization (WHO), he said, found that they died of chelonitoxism, a type of poison caused by biotoksin on turtle meat. So far, there is no cure is known for that kind of poison. Hawksbill turtle is a species known to cause chelonitoxism.

Health department, he said, had suggested a total ban on people eating turtle meat and eggs due to the casualties. "Although this incident has ended, future events would happen again unless measures are taken to change the behavior of people eat the turtle," according to the statement.

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