Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Pesticide-Contaminated Lunch Kills 22 Children in India, Protests Spark




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Pesticide-Contaminated Lunch Kills 22 Children in India, Protests Spark



Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society Image from Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Twenty-two children are dead so far in the village of Dharmasati Gandaman, in India’s Bihar state. The cause is not some communicable disease or strange virus, but their school lunch. According to the BBC, the children all ate from the school’s free mid-day meal. Forty-seven fell ill and 28 had been taken to area hospitals.
The free-lunch program is designed to both combat hunger and increase school attendance in the poverty-stricken village.






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