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Pesticide kills Indian children

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This video says about itself:

The story of Anan, a peasant farmer in southern India caught up in the vicious cycle of pesticide-dependent cotton growing.

From Al Jazeera:

Pesticide found in deadly India school meal

Initial forensic report confirms that free lunch that killed 23 children in Bihar state was contaminated with pesticide.

Last Modified: 21 Jul 2013 08:56

An initial forensic report has confirmed that the free school lunch that killed 23 children this week in India’s eastern state of Bihar was contaminated with a pesticide, a senior police official has said.

The report found the meal was prepared with cooking oil that contained monocrotophos, an organophosphorus compound that is used as an agricultural pesticide, Ravindra Kumar, a senior police official, said on Saturday.

“It is highly poisonous, it’s highly toxic, and, therefore, it has to be diluted when used as commercial pesticides,” said district magistrate Abhijit…

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