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On October 18, 1998, she filed a case in the Hosdurg Munsif Court demanding a halt to the spraying of endosulfan, and the court issued an interim order not to spray endosulfan in that area. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] When the Munsif Court order came, the Plantation Corporation moved the case to the Kanhangad Sub Court, but she won there too. [ 23 ]
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.
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.
Phosphorus is a finite (limited) resource that is widespread in the Earth's crust and in living organisms but is relatively scarce in concentrated forms, which are not evenly distributed across the Earth. The only cost-effective production method to date is the mining of phosphate rock, but only a few countries have significant commercial reserves.
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.
A woman in India’s southern state of Kerala has been sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend by poisoning him, becoming the youngest and only second woman in the state to be handed capital ...
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
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.