38 children take ill after eating jatropha seeds
February 18th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS - Send to a friend:

Raipur, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 38 children of a government primary
school in Chhattisgarh were rushed to a hospital after eating jatropha
seeds, officials said Wednesday.
The incident took place Tuesday in village Madanpur in Jashpur
district, some 450 km from here, when children while on their way home
from school consumed the seeds.

Health officials at Jashpur district said that 12 of the kids, all
below nine years of age, vomited consistently. But doctors said they
were out of danger Wednesday evening.

Jatropha is a plant that grows up to three metres and produces
inedible fruits. Several states, including Chhattisgarh, have planted
its saplings in millions in a bid to extract bio-fuel from it.

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