TY - JOUR T1 - Food poisoned with pesticide in Bihar, India: new disaster, same story JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 228 LP - 228 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2013-101787 VL - 71 IS - 3 AU - Alvaro Javier Idrovo Y1 - 2014/03/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/71/3/228.2.abstract N2 - This past July 17, a new outbreak of pesticide food poisoning occurred in India. According to news reports, 23 children died and more than 48 required medical treatment. The poisoning occurred from the consumption of a free lunch of rice, soybeans and lentils cooked with oil contaminated with monocrotophos, an organophosphate pesticide. The oil had been stored in a pesticide container and sold to the school. Indignation over the poisoning triggered violent protests and complaints about many problems related to the government's … ER -