Monocrotophos is banned by many countries, including the United States, the European Union nations, China, and, among India's neighbors, Pakistan.

A farmer sprays pesticide containing monocrotophos at Mohanpur village, about 28 miles west of Agartala, the capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 25, 2013. (Reuters/Jayanta ...

Monocrotophos was identified at 52 times the level considered to be safe. Superintendent Kumar says: "It was around 52 times higher than the permissible level and that's why the results were so ...

Monocrotophos was recently eyed as the source behind a July poisoning case in India. Dozens of schoolchildren were sickened after ingesting foods contaminated with the chemical, including 23 deaths.

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 ...

NAGPUR: The Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) report on pesticide deaths has recommended ban on the chemical, monocrotophos, in pesticides. Majority of the victims were found using pesticides ...

The Government today said it would look at recommendations of an expert committee before further restricting usage of Monocrotophos pesticide, which was found in the mid-day meal served in a Bihar ...

The government on Friday said it will look at recommendations of an expert committee before further restricting the usage of Monocrotophos pesticide — which was found in the mid-day meal served ...

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