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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.
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 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.
The actual numbers of cases may be much larger, as less than five percent of those with AAlPP eventually reach a tertiary care center. [10] Since 1992, when aluminium phosphide became freely available in the market, it had, reportedly, overtaken all other forms of deliberate poisoning, such as organophosphorus and barbiturate poisoning , in ...
Graham Young (b. 1947) English serial killer who murderered his victims by poisoning them. He killed 3 people from 1961-1971; 2016 Punjab sweet poisoning Khalid Mahmood, a sweet shop owner admitted to being the perpetrator behind the 2016 Punjab sweet poisoning that killed at least 33 people including 5 children
SS Greeshma, 24, was convicted of poisoning her boyfriend Sharon Raj in October 2020 by making him drink a pesticide-laced drink under the pretext of giving him a traditional medicinal concoction.
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.
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.