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Suicide by sodium nitrite ingestion is increasingly being reported in many parts of the world due to the ease of access of information and material via the internet. Our laboratory received our first case of suspected nitrite fatality in October 2021, and soon after, a second case in November 2021. Both deceased were found dead at their home with packet/bottle of sodium nitrite present in their rooms. The deceased in the first case was a 29-year-old female and the specimens submitted for toxicology analyses were peripheral blood, bile, vitreous humour and gastric contents. The second case was a 16-year-old male and his peripheral blood and urine were submitted for toxicology analyses. To prove nitrite consumption, a relatively simple colorimetric method using commercially available Griess reagent was evaluated in the vitreous humour and gastric contents in case 1 and urine in case 2. |