The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation describes as its ‘high acute toxicity’.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/india-asked-ban-toxin-killed-children
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-age-bangladesh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-contamination
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mid-day-meal-programme