The widespread online availability of sodium nitrite has also placed the spotlight on e-commerce giants like Shopify and Amazon, which have served as a channel through which sellers of sodium nitrite can reach global buyers. He said Gary accessed online forums where suicide is promoted and information about the means to carry it out is made readily available. “It is a very toxic poison,” Lee Cooper said, adding that the action against Law is “the first domino, and I think there will be more to come because there are other sellers.”Ĭooper also wants police to probe a network of online forums that he says targets many vulnerable people like his brother, Gary, who struggled with depression. have warned about a recent increase in deaths by suicide involving the substance. However the salt is lethal in larger, purer concentrations, and researchers in Canada, the U.S.
Sodium nitrite is a preservative salt used in deli-meat preparation, where very small amounts are used to cure the meat and give it a reddish colour. They are now calling on major online retailers to pull the lethal sodium nitrite from stores. Those speaking out include the family of 17-year-old Anthony Jones, of Detroit, and the brother of Gary Cooper, 41, a British man who died last July after ingesting sodium nitrite. The charges against him have not yet been tested in court. Law, 57, who faces two counts of counselling or aiding suicide, appeared briefly last week in a Brampton court, where his case was adjourned to Tuesday. Families in the United States and United Kingdom are now looking for answers about the sale of the chemical online. They say their investigation now involves 1,200 packages allegedly sent to 40 countries. Last week, Peel Regional Police charged Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, for allegedly selling the poisonous compound used by two Mississauga residents to end their own lives. “I’m heartbroken, not only for ourselves, but for so many others.” “It’s just like a nightmare all over again,” Ramirez said. She received the substance from a business in Mississauga, according to her father, David Ramirez, who sent a picture of the shipping label to the Star. Noelle Skyler Ramirez died by suicide by ingesting sodium nitrite earlier this year. Instead, the Ramirez family in Colorado got a knock on the door on May 3 from an officer who told them police in Canada had arrested a suspect who they believe may be linked to the substance used by their daughter before her death. They were supposed to be celebrating their daughter’s 21st birthday.
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