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panzerfaust

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40. Head-Teacher's husband, a grocer, was the source of the food

Reply to telclaven (Reply #23)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 06:15 AM

Jul 2013

Police are searching for the headteacher, accused of forcing the children to eat even after they complained of a strange taste, and her husband, owner of the grocery store where the ingredients were sourced. Both appear to have fled ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/india-headteachers-taste-school-lunches

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Free school meals kill Indian children [View all] panzerfaust Jul 2013 OP

"Contaminated with pesiticides" Quantess Jul 2013 #1

Thanks. Had meant to include that. panzerfaust Jul 2013 #4

Thanks! I clicked on the link, because I was puzzled how lentils & rice could be so toxic. Quantess Jul 2013 #8

it's a very, very poor region Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #6

very very sad...nt..K and R Stuart G Jul 2013 #2

and i thought my school lunch was bad.... dembotoz Jul 2013 #3

I've been to India. Spent 4 weeks touring the country. I plan on going back if... BlueJazz Jul 2013 #12

me too. mopinko Jul 2013 #18

i am sure india is devastated without your presence. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2013 #20

india is a great place, the smells are different and you get used to the flies in the cities loli phabay Jul 2013 #26

"Why they wish to turn the clock back to the thirteenth century is quite beyond me." djean111 Jul 2013 #5

I've heard numerous news stories about the overuse of pesticides by farmers in India. Crowman1979 Jul 2013 #7

most farmers in india are illiterate, so if you tell them something is good for crops La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2013 #21

Pesticides suspected... Berlum Jul 2013 #9

no silly.... Locrian Jul 2013 #10

Duh! Why did I not see this obvious truth? panzerfaust Jul 2013 #11

i swear... Locrian Jul 2013 #16

Tragic. Free-market capitalism at its best. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #13

"Why they wish to turn the clock back to the thirteenth century is quite beyond me." Martak Sarno Jul 2013 #14

Odd ctsnowman Jul 2013 #15

The last line in the article shows me why get the red out Jul 2013 #27

A right wing utopia. Are you paying attention, America? mountain grammy Jul 2013 #17

Heart bleeds for the the families telclaven Jul 2013 #19

that's true. my best guess is that this was some hybrid between corruption and a lack of education La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2013 #22

I'm thinking Black Market myself telclaven Jul 2013 #23

yup. also this is the poorest and most violently corrupt state in india La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2013 #24

Head-Teacher's husband, a grocer, was the source of the food panzerfaust Jul 2013 #40

Fleeing mob justice, no doubt telclaven Jul 2013 #41

Regulations, like constitutions, mean nothing, if they are not acted upon. panzerfaust Jul 2013 #28

Update from IHT/NYT panzerfaust Jul 2013 #25

Acute organophosphorous poisoning requires no special technology to treat. cosmicone Jul 2013 #31

India school lunch deaths: high pesticide levels found muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #42

China and India have similar problems like this. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #29

I doubt pesticides sprayed on rice and wheat caused this. cosmicone Jul 2013 #30

13th century = slaves = more money for the king and his court valerief Jul 2013 #32

"corrupt completely unregulated free-market society" Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #33

Those don't go hand in hand? Quantess Jul 2013 #34

So is calling a place "right wing" with no evidence. nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #36

Okay, now I found it in the OP. Quantess Jul 2013 #37

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #35

Kick n/t Tx4obama Jul 2013 #38

naw: in the 13th c. they HAD hospitals MisterP Jul 2013 #39