Organophosphate Poisoning in Baddal
February 22 , 2025
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- Organophosphate could be behind the 17 deaths that had spread panic in the J&K’s Baddal village.
- These chemicals are used in pesticides and insecticides.
- Organophosphates are generally used to protect crops from pests and even to control the spread of disease by insects.
- They work by disrupting the transmission of nerve signals in exposed organisms with fatal results.
- Organophosphates are synthetic chemicals.
- Initially developed for military use as nerve agents, they were later adapted for agricultural purposes.

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