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  • Suspicion Of Sulfur Compounds Poisoning In Eskifjörður

    Suspicion Of Sulfur Compounds Poisoning In Eskifjörður

    It is suspected that sulfur compounds have caused symptoms of poisoning in five workers of the blue whiting factory in Eskifjörður last week, Austurfrétt reports. Oxygen deficiency has been ruled out, but research is continuing. [su_pullquote]Are you going to Iceland in the…

  • Police Closer To Finding Cause Of Cat Deaths

    Police Closer To Finding Cause Of Cat Deaths

    Police have concluded that cats across south Iceland have been poisoned, but they still do not know with what. Vísir reports that police in south Iceland are awaiting lab results to determine how untold numbers of cats in Hveragerði are being poisoned.…

  • Eruption Pollution At All Time High

    Eruption Pollution At All Time High

    The residents of Reyðarfjörður have been advised to stay indoors as fumes from the Holuhraun eruption cause pollution to spike to record levels, reports RÚV. Reyðarfjörður, located on Iceland’s east coast saw levels of sulfur dioxide reach 4,000 µg/​cubic metres last night.…