Some readers of The Brisbane Times  and The Age websites contacted StigmaWatch reporting their distress and shock about the inclusion of methods in the articles: ‘Internet the source for Japan's suicide fad’ Brisbane Times and 'Japan suicides using detergent surges' The Age 26.4.08; reporting on a recent cluster of suicides in Japan. The articles stated the simple household ingredients used and indicated that further information is available online.

The story originated overseas with Associated Press. StigmaWatch contacted The Brisbane Times and The Age to highlight the dangers of 'how to' information and risk of copycat deaths - and to encourage editing foreign reports containing suicide methods.