Beware of those folk medicines!
Houston: Maria didn`t mean to poison her children. Quite the opposite.
Worried about her daughters` lack of appetite, the young Houston mother was merely following her grandmother`s advice when she gave the two girls and a niece a dose of “greta” _ a Mexican folk medicine used to treat children`s stomach ailments.
What Maria did not know then, but now will never forget, is that the bright orange powder is nearly 90 per cent lead.
Text and Images: AP
Image:Herbal remedies line the shelves at a yerberia, a store selling herbal remedies, in Houston.
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