The Hindu - NEW DELHI, AARTI DHAR, Chapra incident an important reminder, says the United Nations organisation
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Thursday said the death of 23 children at Chapra in Bihar after eating school meal contaminated with monocrotophos was an important reminder to speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from markets in the developing countries.
Monocrotophos is an organophosphorus pesticide considered highly hazardous by FAO and World Health Organisation (WHO).