3 children killed and more than 50 others seriously ill in Peru, after lunch contaminated pesticides at school.
According to BBC , the children were fed a nutrition program for poor government, in a remote mountain village of northern Peru. The food consists of rice and fish are placed in a container, which previously was used to store rat poison. In addition, at least three adults infected in this case.
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The child was taken ill in Cajabamba emergency. |
Department for mass poisoning occurred in the village of Redondo in the Cajamarca, the capital, about 750km north of Lima. 3 children died aged 6 to 10. Food poisoning is the Food Assistance Program State offered, to provide schools in the poorest areas of Peru.
The mother of a 9-year-old child died of poisoning: "I think it tainted because of all the children were bruised and in all cases," the unidentified mother said. A health official said, that seems like a poisoning case from rat carbonate.
Prosecutors and the Peru Ministry of Health officials are investigating the cause of food poisoning.
A similar case occurred in 1999, when 24 children died in a village near Cusco, southern Peru, after they eat food contaminated with pesticides.
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