CALGARY, Alberta - Authorities investigating the illness of dozens of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers at the site of this week's G-8 summit have ruled out food poisoning.
The officers at Nakiska camp, inside the security zone at the Kananaskis resort where the summit begins Wednesday, suffered from severe nausea and vomiting early Monday, according to the RCMP. Three officers were hospitalized; two were released by Monday evening.
"The regional health authority, the RCMP medical team, and the (Department of National Defense) medical team has taken a look at what those officers had to eat and they believe they could not find any source of contamination there in Kananaskis," Calgary police Insp. Murray Stooke said. "And so it's an open question as to where that source of contamination arose."
Thousands of police and soldiers are based in the Kananaskis area for the two-day summit of leaders of the world's industrial powers — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.
Security concerns have brought extraordinary attention to detail in planning the summit. The mountain resort is accessible by only one paved road, with vehicles stopped at a series of roadblocks to be searched and then escorted by police.
Samples of food to be served the eight heads of state will be frozen for testing in case any of the leaders become ill.
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