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(Exclusive) Could Poison Laced Napkins Be A Tactic To Target Black Women? | TSR Investigates

<p>A disturbing trend is emerging after several Black women have come forward to share their terrifying experiences with poison laced napkins on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It began with a Houston woman named Erin Mims&period; Mims shared her experience with a napkin that she found placed in the door handle of her car after leaving a restaurant with her husband&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In her video she stated that she removed the napkin with her fingertips&comma; washed her hands right after&comma; and before she knew it she started experiencing symptoms that led to her hospitalization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Viral Video Of Poisonous Napkin Leads To Countless More Black Women Coming Forward With Similar Experiences<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Since that viral video&comma; countless other women have come forward to share similar experiences including an Atlanta woman named Laysha White who recently found a suspicious piece of paper sticking out of her trunk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this episode of TSR Investigates we’ll speak directly with Mark Winter&&num;8230&semi; managing director of the Southeast Houston Poison Center to see what insight he can provide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are Black women being targeted specifically&quest; If so&comma; what should women do to stay safe&quest; The Shade Room investigates…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"Jvmw5BJjrf8" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Erin Mims had a terrible birthday experience this year&comma; when she ended up hospitalized after being poisoned by an unknown substance that had been placed on a napkin inside her car door handle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She used her fingertips to remove the napkin&comma; and said within minutes&comma; she was feeling symptoms&comma; burning chest&comma; racing heart&comma; hot flashes&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Within five minutes&comma; my whole arm started tingling and going numb&comma; and then I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t breathe&comma; I started getting hot flashes&comma; my chest was hurting&comma; my heart was beating really fast&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mims told the local Fox affiliate in Houston&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Urine Tests&comma; Blood Screens&comma; CAT Scans Inconclusive&comma; Countless Other Black Women Coming Forward With Similar Stories<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Doctors took urine tests&comma; blood screens and even a CAT scan&comma; and the exact source of her poisoning was still inconclusive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; she did still suffer &&num;8220&semi;acute poisoning of an unknown substance&comma;&&num;8221&semi; according to doctors&comma; but the scary part the similar stories that followed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99545 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-9&period;45&period;36-AM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"984" height&equals;"678" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Countless other Black women began coming forward with stories of having been poisoned by mysterious chemicals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Laysha White filmed a similar video and posted in on social media&comma; showing the type of napkin that had been used when she too was hospitalized after experiencing poisoning symptoms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another woman filmed a &dollar;5 dollar bill on the sidewalk in Bay Point California&comma; which had been coated in a similar chemical and left in front of an ATM&period; She warned her followers that people were using money to poison Black women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;So&comma; ya&&num;8217&semi;ll know that people is trying to poison people with money&comma; right&quest;&&num;8221&semi; she said in the video&period; &&num;8220&semi;Don&&num;8217&semi;t fall for it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Authorities Flummoxed By Poisoning Cases&comma; Multiple Chemicals Put Forward As Possibilities For Poisoning<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Both the DEA and the Houston Police Department have been flummoxed by Mims&&num;8217&semi; case&comma; which was left just as inconclusive as the number of similar stories that followed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A number of possibilities have been put forth as to what the chemicals could be&period; Fentanyl is a fast-acting powdery substance that can be deadly and can be absorbed through the skin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99546 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-9&period;52&period;12-AM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"984" height&equals;"678" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others have posited it could have been certain weeds&comma; or even insect killers that had been banned in the 1980s&period; One case involved a chemical that could have only been accessed by military personnel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Detractors have noted Mims&&num;8217&semi; admission of being a germaphobe&comma; and put forward the idea that it could have been a panic attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Managing Director Of Houston Poison Control Center Speaks On Rash Of Poisoning Cases<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The Shade Room spoke to Mark Winter&comma; managing director of the Southeast Houston Poison Center&comma; who acknowledged there are substances that could &&num;8220&semi;incapacitate within a few minutes of contact&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Winter added that there are few chemicals that will cause instantaneous poisoning symptoms&comma; and also didn&&num;8217&semi;t toss out the idea that it could have been spurred by a panic attack either&comma; saying &&num;8220&semi;the mind is a powerful thing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;You can believe you&&num;8217&semi;re exposed and believe you&&num;8217&semi;re having problems&comma; and the more you think about it&comma; the worse it gets&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Winter said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-99547 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-10&period;37&period;04-AM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"984" height&equals;"678" &sol;><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Criminal Cases Remain Unresolved&colon; &&num;8220&semi;If You Notice Something On Your Car&comma; Drive To The Police Station&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; White said she won&&num;8217&semi;t get too comfortable&comma; and warned any Black woman who comes in contact with such sketchy materials to go to the hospital right away&comma; even if the symptoms might be mental&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If you do notice something on your car&comma; drive to the police station&comma;&&num;8221&semi; White said&period; &&num;8220&semi;You don&&num;8217&semi;t know who&&num;8217&semi;s trailing you or following you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Winter went on to say that human bodies can react very differently to various substances&comma; but that its best practice to remain aware of your surroundings at all times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; any kind of criminal investigation remains unresolved in Mims&&num;8217&semi; 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