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South Siberia, malaise of inhabitants: maybe because of an intoxication due to the fall of Progress M-12M fragments?

Irkutsk, Siberia - "Roscosmos": they're not linked

In the South of Siberia, where last days started falling fragments of the spacecraft Progress M-12M, whose launch -scheduled for August 23- failed, with the vehicle that didn't manage to reach the designed orbit (see AVIONEWS), now have occurred cases of indisposition among the inhabitants of a village. It was unveiled by a local doctor to "RIA Novosti". Ten people complained headaches, increased...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133135
Rome, Italy, 08/26/2011 18:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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