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July 17th, 2013
09:08 AM ET
Tainted school lunch kills 22 kids
At least 22 schoolchildren died in northeastern India after eating free school lunches that contained a poison, a state official said.
More than 25 others have been hospitalized in Bihar state, said Education Minister P.K. Shahi, after ingesting an insecticide that was in the food.
The poison was organophosphorous, a chemical that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is commonly used in agriculture.
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Insecticides and preservatives are the cause of a great deal of illnesses. Some of them lasting a lifetime.Time to put a ban on them.
Can you say the word "sanitation"(sani-ta-shun).
wonder of wonders an update on TJI.
good morning folks.
What a horrible tragedy. And what some insecticides and pesticides are doing to the food chain especially in developing countries would perhaps be never known.
what a horror story...cafeteria workers have reputation for torturing children...
What law did he break?????? None so get over it.
Bihar is a densely populated ethnic melting pots of Sikhs, Hindi, and Muslims. If this was one group targeting another, it will erupt violently quickly. Melting pots are over rated. Look at Sanford, Florida.
he'sah murderer and no one need fla laws, inept jurors to certify otherwised...even the civic assoc settled he'sah murderer...his wife perjured the courts...this is a household that has no regard for the court or law...even people in syria knows he is guilty
Agreed @ Rascal. And i cant believe hes walkin around free. Wierd they only have 6 jurors in florida also!
Organophosphates are a class of a large number of compounds, not one compound. And it would take a very large amount to kill a person, not to mention 22 kids. There's something else going on here.
I see how a career educator could make that error. "Organophosphorous," considering the word's components, would probably be phosphates for use in food or food preparation, and, as an additional quality, organic and therefore especially healthy for the children. Yes...organic phosphates.
imagine the applications here!
...organophosphate the coffee pot in the teacher's lounge and powder up some their jelly donuts: disgruntle, fired worker, disciplined students, bored thrill seeker stick to laxatives please...shouldn't store poison/insecticides in the kitchen much less next to food sources...and why would you pick on the free lunch kids?
It was a terrible tragedy and i sure hope if foul play is determined the perps get the maximum and if it was negligence or accident even then the law should come down heavily on those responsible.
Wooo. That's pretty sad. I bet all of you were upset. Some kids are dad allergic to peanuts and stuff.
@ Emily. Yes we were very upset. The teacher was absent for a month.
Other news sources especially in the UK are reporting that the cafeteria cook reported that the oil for cooking was not right and the school head did nothing about it. I am eager to see the outcome of this. Parents send their precious children to school and they die.
This is a serious story@ chrissy. Stop clowning around. I read your peanut butter story and i got all choked up. No pun intended.
Stop it rupert. Sad story chrissy. Sorry about Pam.