Pungent Poisons

If poison were fragrant, maybe this case would never have come to light. The residents of Kemantren Village in Lamongan, East Java, usually relish the fresh aroma of planted rice. Over the past month, however, their collective sense of smell has been affronted. A pungent smell began to spread throughout their village along with the comings and goings of trucks that daily carried dozens of liquid-filled drums to be stacked up in a vacant plot in t...