poison

Man allegedly poisons his co-worker's food, water

A female engineer at a Bay Area consulting firm says she suffered months of "immediate and significant health problems" after consuming food and drinks she had left at work -- and she believes they were poisoned by a colleague, according to police.

GRU: Attack dog of Russian intelligence

The storyline's straight out of a spy thriller: two men allegedly dispatched from Moscow to eliminate a defector in a quiet English city -- but leaving traces of their movements everywhere to be painstakingly recreated by the intrepid British police.

UK police: Skripals first came into contact with nerve agent at home

Detectives with London's Metropolitan Police said Wednesday they believe former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter first came into contact with a nerve agent at Sergei Skripal's home, and police have identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent to date as being on the home's front door.

Former Soviet chemist shares details of the nerve agent Novichok

"A lethal dose ... and the person will die immediately. If [the dosage] is less, [the person] will go through very tortuous scenes. They will start convulsions, and stop breathing and then lose vision, and there are other problems -- vomiting, everything. It's a terrible scene."