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The powder, sodium nitrite, can be used as a food preservative — or as a rocket propellant — according to the National Library of Medicine.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
Authorities now believe websites operated by Law sold sodium nitrite—a food preservative that can be deadly if ingested—and related equipment that caused the deaths of adults and minors in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K, according to Canada’s Peel Regional Police.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
Kenneth Law, who's charged with 14 charges of aiding suicide, is also being charged in Canada with 14 counts of second-degree murder for selling sodium nitrite online to people at risk of self harm.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2023
Britain is investigating the deaths of 88 of the 272 people in the country who purchased sodium nitrite — a salt that is used as a food preservative — from Mr. Law’s website, a spokesman for Britain’s National Crime Agency said in an email.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
Authorities now believe websites operated by Law sold sodium nitrite—a food preservative that can be deadly if ingested—and related equipment that caused the deaths of adults and minors in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K, according to Canada’s Peel Regional Police.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
Kenneth Law, who's charged with 14 charges of aiding suicide, is also being charged in Canada with 14 counts of second-degree murder for selling sodium nitrite online to people at risk of self harm.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2023
Britain is investigating the deaths of 88 of the 272 people in the country who purchased sodium nitrite — a salt that is used as a food preservative — from Mr. Law’s website, a spokesman for Britain’s National Crime Agency said in an email.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
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“Sodium nitrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sodium%20nitrite. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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