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The unsolved death of Gloria Ramirez

Death of Gloria Ramirez Gloria Cecilia Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994)[1] was an American woman who was dubbed the Toxic Lady or the Toxic Woman by the media when several hospital workers became ill after airborne exposure to her body and blood. Ramirez had been admitted to the emergency room suffering from late-stage cervical cancer.

But other factors that correlated with severe symptoms did not appear to match a scenario in which fumes had been released: the survey found that those afflicted tended to be women rather than men, and they all had normal blood tests after the exposure. The Murdoch Mysteries episode "A Most Surprising Bond" is loosely based on the Ramirez case, using the DMSO hypothesis to explain how a hospital patient's blood is causing those around her to fall ill. Gloria Ramirez's story also played a part in inspiring the 1995 episode "Stink Bomb" of the three-part film anthology Memories by Katsuhiro Otomo, where a lab technician ingests an experimental drug and becomes a walking biohazard.

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