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Across India, the Midday Meal Scheme provides roughly 120 million children with free lunch, making it the world's most extensive school lunch program. [6] In spite of corruption involved in implementing the scheme, it aims to fight widespread poverty and improve children's school attendance and health as a large number of India's children suffer from malnutrition.
The patient was a female Viennese matchstick maker who had been exposed to the phosphorus vapors over a five-year period. [10] [11] He named the disease "Phosphorimus chronicus". [3] In 1844 Lorinser reported 22 cases of phossy jaw and established the toxic effects of white phosphorus in matchsticks. [12]
1982, United States. The Chicago Tylenol murders, an unsolved case of drug tampering in the Chicago area. Seven deaths were linked to the potassium cyanide poisoning, leading to a nationwide recall of Tylenol products. [6] 1984, India. The Bhopal disaster (also known as Bhopal gas tragedy): A gas leak incident which led to at least 3,787 deaths.
This initiative aims to enhance the effectiveness of managing poisoning and overdose cases. The Centre's staff contribute to the toxicology fraternity by participating in and organising activities under the Indian Society of Toxicology (IST), [ 7 ] a national professional organisation dedicated to promoting academics and research in toxicology.
The number of awarded cases was 574,304 and the number of rejected cases was 455,213. Total compensation awarded was ₹ 15,465 million (US$180 million). [ 58 ] On 24 June 2010, the Union Cabinet of the Government of India approved a ₹ 12,650 million (US$140 million) aid package which would be funded by Indian taxpayers through the government.
Over the centuries, the variety of harmful uses of poisons continued to increase. The means for curing these poisons also advanced in parallel. In the modern world, intentional poisoning is less common than the Middle Ages. Rather, the more common concern is the risk of accidental poisoning from everyday substances and products.
As of the final report on 27 August 2012, there were 33 deaths and 147 total confirmed cases since the beginning of the first recorded case on 31 July 2011. [68] 2011 – contaminated illegal alcohol in West Bengal resulted in an estimated 126 deaths. The alcohol may have contained ammonium nitrate and/or methanol. [69]
1947 Oregon State Hospital poisoning: scrambled eggs: sodium fluoride: United States: 467: 47: Instead of powdered milk, sodium fluoride, a poison to kill cockroaches, had been accidentally used in the cooking process 1858: 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning: candy: arsenic trioxide: England ~200: 20: Arsenic was accidentally sold as "daft".