OSAKA--Thallium was detected in the comatose aunt of a man detained on suspicion of using the highly toxic substance to kill a female acquaintance, police said. Just 1 gram of thallium is enough ...

However, new sources have recently been discovered, which are likely to increase availability. Radioactive isotopes (forms) of thallium may be used in the future as an energy source. As with other ...

Prosecutors in Osaka have indicted a man for murdering a female acquaintance with thallium, which was used as rat poison. Kazuki Miyamoto, 37, is accused of killing 21-year-old university student ...

Thallium consumption causes symptoms such as vomiting, stomachaches and potentially deadly breathing difficulties, he said. “Consuming thallium can cause coughing,” Higashisaka said.

The Happy House surgery says it's satisfied doctor convicted of trying to kill his mother's partner posed no threat to his ...

A search of Kwan’s home uncovered a detached garage housing a dangerous collection of substances including liquid mercury, ...

A GP disguised himself and injected his mother's partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance, a court has heard.

Dr Thomas Kwan, who was a respected GP in Sunderland, is facing a long prison sentence for trying to murder Patrick O'Hara by ...

A GP tried to kill his mother’s partner by disguising himself as a nurse and injecting him with a pesticide which he ...

A court heard how 'money-hungry' GP Thomas Kwan, who used his 'encyclopaedic knowledge' to try and murder his mother's ...

A Sunderland doctor has been convicted of attempting to kill his mother’s partner, after injecting him with a toxin that ...

Some people living near Dr Thomas Kwan's house said they expect the story to be retold in a Netflix documentary ...