date:Jul 26, 2013
dia, China, the European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States. Its import is illegal in at least 46 countries.
Yet in India, monocrotophos is widely used and easily available, and is frequently linked to fatal poisoning, both accidental and intentional.
Its low cost and many possible applications have kept up demand in India despite growing evidence of its negative impact on human health, the WHO report said.
And although both the WHO and the