India’s children reap the bitter harvest of endosulfan

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India’s children reap the bitter harvest of endosulfan

In some Keralan villages half the familes have a severely disabled child: the legacy, locals say, of pesticide sprayingThe villagers see the dust rising from the jeep track and know that Dr Mohammed Asheel is on his way. In a small house set back from a main road surrounded by cashew nut plantations, Chandika Rai picks up her 11-year-old son, Kaushiq, and carries him into their front room.

published date:Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:08:01 GMT
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