Chemical Suicides, Popular in Japan, Are Increasing in the U.S. (Published 2011)

Chemical Suicides, Popular in Japan, Are Increasing in the U.S. In Japan it is known as detergent suicide, a near-instant death achieved by mixing common household chemicals into a poisonous cloud of gas. By some counts, more than 2,000 people there have taken their own lives, inhaling the gas — in most cases hydrogen sulfide — in cars, closets or other enclosed spaces. The police now say they are

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“Of 72 chemical suicides experts have documented in the United States since 2008, at least 80 percent have resulted in injuries to police officers”

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日本で人気の硫化水素自殺がネットの情報を基にアメリカでも増えだしているというニューヨークタイムズ記事