The Hindu·4 min read·medium
One body, multiple pathways: where India is going wrong in regulating pesticide exposure
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Sudheer Kumar Shukla & Neha Tyagi
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India's current regulatory framework for pesticide exposure is fragmented, treating food, water, and air as separate pathways rather than a cumulative health risk. This systemic failure leaves citizens vulnerable to chronic chemical exposure, as evidenced by various contamination incidents across multiple states.
Pesticide residues do not arrive as a single dose. They arrive in a vegetable, a glass of water, and the air of a home, often on the same day, and none of India’s three major monitoring systems is built to add them up.
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