Study Links Bangladeshi Children’s Deaths To Pesticide
A “Do Not Enter” sign marks a field of head cabbage during the spraying of pesticides near Chualar, Calif., Sept. 16, 2002. (AP/Mike Fiala)
The sudden deaths of 13 children in a remote village in Bangladesh was caused by exposure to a routinely used pesticide applied in a nearby lychee tree orchard, according to a scientific report released Monday.
The study published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene shed light on a mystery occurring in 2012, where 13 children all died of swelling of the brain called acute encephalitis syndrome.
