Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Topic: Poison

Four Adivasi children die in UP after consuming toffee

Four children died in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning after consuming toxic toffee. The fatal incident occured outside the homes of kids in a village in Kushinagar district of UP.

A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF analysis

Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a ground-breaking new study launched on Thursday by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and international non-profit organization focused on pollution issues, Pure Earth.