Poisoning -- India
The government of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, already grappling with an ongoing spate of farmer suicides in the state, has woken up to a fresh crisis of pesticide poisoning.
Debt-ridden farmers are sometimes so desperate after crop failure that they end their lives. Maharashtra has seen suicide by a large number of farmers in the last few years, the majority of which took place in the state's Vidarbha region.
The deaths of farmers after accidentally inhaling pesticide,
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