17 students recover after eating poisonous Jatropha seeds in Cadiz City

BACOLOD CITY — Some 17 Grade 5 students of Tiglawigan Elementary School in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, suffered from poisoning after eating toxic Jatropha seeds on Wednesday, Mayor Salvador Escalante confirmed Thursday. Cadiz City Health Officer Maria Victoria Ibañez reported that eight of the 17 students, aged 10 to 12, were placed under 24-hour observation