Scientific investigations into the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in West Bengal, which has claimed 105 lives since June, have revealed a pesticide has been found “above minimum safe limits”
More children were admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital with “litchi syndrome“, bringing the total number of afflicted to 37. The report of blood and cerebral spinal fluid, which reached
AES outbreak in Siliguri in 1996, traced to imported raspberry, may have led to ‘litchi theory’. Experts looking into the annual outbreak of a disease in parts of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and Muzaffarpur
Affected children are largely from around a litchi plantation in Malda In the last three days, nine babies aged three to five have died in Malda district after showing symptoms that suggested acute
Experts investigating why 14 children died in Dinajpur and Thakurgaon this month with almost identical symptoms believe that pesticides used in litchis could be the reason for their deaths. The children,
Sizzling heat and absence of rains has hit hard the production of litchis in the district, known for its juicy and seedless variety of the fruit. "Due to no rain in most areas of Uttarakhand, the trees have not bore fruits and the litchi production has decreased by nearly 25 per cent, horticulture expert Amar Singh said.
