Fatal Indian school meal contained pesticide, police confirms

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Fatal Indian school meal contained pesticide, police confirms

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fatal-indian-school-meal-contained-pesticide-police-confirms-160011210.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M3nS9s5Aa4OLtEEEcKr5Bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-20T160011Z_1_CBRE96J18GK00_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-CHILDREN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman carries her niece who got sick after consuming contaminated meals given to children at a school on Tuesday, in the eastern Indian city of Patna" align="left" title="A woman carries her niece who got sick after consuming contaminated meals given to children at a school on Tuesday, in the eastern Indian city of Patna" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (Reuters) - An initial forensic report has confirmed that the free school lunch that killed 23 children this week in India's eastern state of Bihar was contaminated with a pesticide, a senior police official said on Saturday. The children fell ill within minutes of eating a meal of rice and potato curry in their one-room school on Tuesday, vomiting and convulsing with agonizing stomach cramps. The deaths sparked protests in Bihar. The lunch was part of India's Mid-Day Meal Scheme that covers 120 million children and aims to tackle malnutrition and encourage school attendance. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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