WHO had asked India to ban toxin that killed children
date:Jul 26, 2013
with cooking oil that contained monocrotophos - a substance that belongs to a family of chemicals called organophosphates that share a common mechanism of toxic action.

Basically they are nerve poisons, said David Coggon, a professor of occupational and environmental medicine at Britain's University of Southampton.

They interfere with transmission between one nerve and another, or with transmission between nerves and muscle cells.

Banned In Many Countries

According to WHO, swallowing just 1
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