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title: "One year old dies after ingesting fentanyl at nursery"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:14:04+00:00"
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#  One year old dies after ingesting fentanyl at nursery

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 18 September 2023.

It was reported over the weekend that a one year old had died, and three other children were hospitalised after apparently ingesting fentanyl at their nursery in the Bronx, New York.

Nursery staff called 911 to report multiple children were unwell. The cause of the death and illness is yet to be officially confirmed, but a police source told The New York Post the children had eaten something, and then gone to sleep for a nap at around 1 pm. They didn't wake up at 2:30 pm, so Narcan was administered. Another source told the post that nearly one kilogram of fentanyl was found at the nursery, sources told the paper.

The nursery is classified by the state as a "group family day care," meaning it is a daycare operated out of a home.

 [Threat](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/threat), [Chemical](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/chemical)

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