When a previously unrecorded illness erupted in Madrid in 1981, many people in Spain panicked.... They asked for a meeting with the prime minister and money for medical expenses. The demonstration began at midmorning, and the protesters “ left on their own ” after a few hours, the museum’s communications team told The Washington Post.... The museum added that it had no advance knowledge of the protest....

Survivors of a 1981 mass food poisoning in Spain have staged a protest at Madrid's famous El Prado art gallery. Activists from the organisation Seguimos Viviendo(" We Are Still Alive") were pictured in front of the museum's exhibitions on Tuesday. The association represents victims of canola oil poisoning four decades ago that affected thousands of Spanish citizens. Members of the group had locked themselves in the museum and threatened to commit suicide if their demands were not met." No more h