Britain's National Crime Agency said it has identified 232 people in the U.K. who bought products from the websites in the two years until April, 88 of whom had died.

"at this early stage there are no confirmed links between the items purchased from the websites and cause of death in any of these cases."

I mean, that's a lot of people to have died by coincidence in under two years!

I knew a couple of people who bought a pair of "exit bags" from a Canadian website.

Oh wow, I believe this is referencing the same site as a video essay I recently watched. As someone who's struggled with ideation I've limited the research I've done, but this sounds like an awful trend. I don't believe you need Tor to access this site, but I could be wrong as reporting states vague

Was accidentally poisoned with sodium nitrite once. Can't imagine it would be a pleasant way to go.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Britain's National Crime Agency said it has identified 232 people in the U.K. who bought products from the websites in the two years until April, 88 of whom had died.

The agency said it was investigating whether any crimes had been committed in the U.K., but that "at this early stage there are no confirmed links between the items purchased from the websites and cause of death in any of these cases."

They are being supported by specially trained officers from police forces," said National Crime Agency Deputy Director Craig Turner.

The probe is part of international inquiries sparked by the arrest of Canadian Kenneth Law, who has been charged with two counts of counselling and aiding suicide.

Law is accused of using a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested.

Authorities in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand also have launched investigations.

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The article isn't really clear about what this mineral was purchased and marketed for. Was it curing meat specifically? In which case, how does this company's mineral differ from any other? Wouldn't it be the fault of the people mis handling it? What made this particular company's mineral especially dangerous?