Maharashtra Pesticide Poisoning

One farmer died due to suspected food poisoning and 69 others were admitted in hospitals after they had meal at a seminar organised by a pesticide producing company near Nashik in Maharashtra, a health official said.

The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.

The Maharashtra government and the Centre have been asked to file a report on the pesticide poisonings in the state's Yavatmal district, in which at least 20 farmers have died. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to top officials of the state and the Centre, who have been given a month to file the report.

At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.

Fourteen new patients of pesticide poisoning were admitted in various hospitals of the district today, said a senior district official.

Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit

One farmer died due to suspected food poisoning and 69 others were admitted in hospitals after they had meal at a seminar organised by a pesticide producing company near Nashik in Maharashtra, a health official said.

The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.

The Maharashtra government and the Centre have been asked to file a report on the pesticide poisonings in the state's Yavatmal district, in which at least 20 farmers have died. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to top officials of the state and the Centre, who have been given a month to file the report.

At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.

Fourteen new patients of pesticide poisoning were admitted in various hospitals of the district today, said a senior district official.

Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit