File:Pink grain in Iraq, 1971.jpg
Pink_grain_in_Iraq,_1971.jpg (256 × 387 pixels, file size: 22 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
It reads
| Original | English |
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| SEMILLA DE TRIGO VARIEDAD SIETE CERROS |
WHEAT SEED SEVEN HILLS VARIETY |
| Description |
A sack of "pink grain", containing a deadly methylmercury fertiliser. Originally intended for planting, they were instead consumed during the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster. Note the labelling in Spanish (Sonora is a state of Mexico), and distinctive orange-pink color. |
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| Source |
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic/Mercury-Iraq-1.htm; original source unclear (almost certainly copyright). |
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| Portion used |
All |
| Low resolution? |
At just over 300 by 450 pixels, commercial reproduction would be almost impossible. |
| Purpose of use |
To illustrate the language difficulties Iraqis had, the distinctive hue, and the fact that the grain had come from Mexico. |
| Replaceable? |
Historically impossible; no other images have been found. Media was restricted by the Iraqi government during and after the crisis, with little state coverage. |
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| current | 06:18, 26 November 2017 |  | 256 × 387 (22 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 16:49, 10 June 2010 | No thumbnail | 311 × 471 (31 KB) | Jarry1250 (talk | contribs) | {{Non-free use rationale |Article = Basra poison grain disaster |Description = A sack of "pink grain", containing a deadly methylmercury fertiliser. Originally intended for planting, they were instead consumed during the [[Basra p |
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