Highlights
The disease left over 600 people sick.
One person also lost his life due to the mysterious illness.
Experts at AIIMS and the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) have said that pesticide residues, organochlorine, lead, and nickel in blood, milk and vegetables cause mysterious disease that left over 600 people sick in Andhra Pradesh s Eluru. It is to be noted that one person also lost his life due to the mysterious illness.
The experts mentioned in their reports submitted to the government that the amount of pesticides and herbicides found in the vegatables were more than the permissible limits. A team of scientists at the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) said that traces of mercury were found in rice and residues of organophosphorous in blood. The NIN, however, added that more study is needed to find out how these materials entered the human body.
Eluru Illness: AP CM Asks Officials To Keep A Check On Dumping Yards Dec 17, 2020, 08:23 IST
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a video conference on the cause for illness in Eluru with experts. AIIMS, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and other reputed institutions have confirmed that the residues of pesticides could be the reason for the outbreak of the mysterious disease in Eluru.
The Chief Minister said all types of tests should be conducted so that incidents like Eluru would not repeat. The Chief Minister told to focus on maintenance of dumping yards and instructed the officials to conducts all possible tests across West Godavari district. The Chief Minister instructed to test drinking water samples from all sources in all the districts. The samples should be collected systematically and should be analysed with experts, he said. All these tests should be analysed and the necessary measures should be taken accordingly. The Chief Minister said AIIM
1329 Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Alla Nani) meet patients, who fell ill suspectedly due to water contamination in Eluru town, at a hospital in Vijayawada. PTI file
Naveen S Garewal
Hyderabad, December 17
Nearly two weeks after a mystery disease struck the Eluru town of Andhra Pradesh, the official machinery has finally come to the conclusion that pesticide particles could be responsible for the mystery disease.
The finding has been supported by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology and other science institutes that were probing the mystery disease. Earlier too, it was thought to be a chemical, but the suggestion was towards anti-mosquito sprays.
Pesticide residue behind Eluru’s mystery illness, confirms AIIMS panel
Pesticide residue behind Eluru’s mystery illness, confirms AIIMS panel
Experts at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and other reputed institutions have confirmed that the residues of pesticides could be the reason for the outbreak of the mysterious disease in Eluru city in Andhra Pradesh s West Godavari district.
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UPDATED: December 17, 2020 00:04 IST
Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas meeting patients at a hospital in Vijayawada on Thursday (Photo Credits: PTI)
Experts at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and other reputed institutions have confirmed that the residues of pesticides could be the reason for the outbreak of the mysterious disease in Eluru city in Andhra Pradesh s West Godavari district.
Organochlorine through pesticides may be cause of mysterious Eluru illness: AIIMS experts ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 22:54 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): While investigations continue to identify the cause of the sudden outbreak of the mysterious illness in Andhra Pradesh s Eluru, experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), after comparing test results from several institutions, have opined that organochlorine, substances found in pesticides, could be contributing to the cause of the spread of the disease.
In a virtual meeting held by Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday with representatives of various research institutes that conducted independent studies on the probable causes of the mysterious disease in Eluru last week.