- On June 4, 2008, a detergent suicide forced residents of an apartment building to evacuate. Thirty-four residents were evacuated and one woman was taken to the hospital. The suicide victim was in his late 20s.
- On May 1, 2008, 350 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Otaru, Northern Japan. A man had used this technique to kill himself.
- On April 23, 2008, in Konan, Japan, a 14-year-old girl killed herself by mixing laundry detergent with a liquid cleanser. The gas seeped out a window and into neighboring apartments, sickening ninety people and causing ten to be admitted to the hospital. [3]
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