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Boy Scouts Stricken With Apparent Food Poisoning

POSTED: 5:27 pm EDT July 25, 2005

The state Health Department is trying to figure out what made dozens of Boy Scout campers sick on Monday.

Sixty campers out of 200 at the Boy Scout camp in Northwood came down with diarrhea and stomach cramps Monday morning. Health officials said that the children were feeling better by the afternoon.

The Health Department is testing food and water samples to try to track down the source of the illness. Officials said that it is likely a food-borne illness.

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