Poisoned 'baboon woman' Jenni Trethowan suffers from relapses.(News) From: Cape Times (South Africa) | Date: November 14, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BYLINE: MELANIE GOSLING

BABOON champion Jenni Tre-thowan, who was poisoned with the banned pesticide dieldrin, will have the toxin in her body for a long time and faces having relapses whenever the substance is released from her body fat reserves.

Trethowan, who came into contact with the poison months ago when she was nursing a baboon that eventually died of dieldrin poisoning, had a relapse last week.

"I thought I was okay, but when I went walkin...

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