MISSOURI: Illness rampant at St. Louis conference - (United Press International)
September 9, 2007 – 11:59 pmST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch was cited as saying Sunday that Charles Hurley, chief executive officer of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said that 67 attendees at a recent conference in St. Louis became ill after attending breakfast and lunch meetings at the Renaissance Grand Hotel, stating, “I was a participant as well, and it wasn’t pleasant.”
The nine conference attendees who were forced to visit a local hospital for treatment were released shortly thereafter.
The MADD official said local health inspectors were immediately called in to investigate the mysterious outbreak, but were still waiting on the lab test results.
Hurley told the Post-Dispatch the unusual outbreak was likely the result of an airborne illness or food poisoning.
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