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Powerful Pesticide Killed Kids in India

It was five times stronger than commercial levels, say police

(Newser) - Forensic tests have explained why so many kids at a rural school in India died so quickly after eating lunch : The agricultural pesticide found in their food was five times more powerful than usual, reports the Wall Street Journal . Police bought a bottle of pesticide containing the chemical compound monocrotophos—...

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