AG Week As early as 2009, the United Nations health agency urged India to consider a ban on the pesticide monocrotophos — the substance said by a magistrate investigating the deaths to be the cause of the poisoning. It had also warned that in India — against ...
NDTV Dr Vijay Chandak, a wholesaler, says that monocrotophos is also used to keep "insects away from chillies, vegetables and even citrus fruits like sweet lime (mausmi)". In 2009, the United Nations had urged India to consider a ban on monocrotophos ...
Times of India Despite being labelled highly hazardous by the World Health Organisation (WHO), a panel of government experts was persuaded by manufacturers that monocrotophos was cheaper than alternatives and more effective in controlling pests that decimate crop ...
DigitalJournal.com The toxic monocrotophos discovered in food samples reportedly shouldn't have had a role in India's Midday Meal Scheme program and its presence in th...
Wall Street Journal (India) Abhayanand, who uses only one name, said investigators had discovered the compound, monocrotophos , in a plastic container that stored musta...
Hindustan Times Nearly a decade ago, the Indian government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos , the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored program ...
Economic Times MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Nearly a decade ago, the government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos , the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored ... and more »
