The Telangana government has imposed a 60-day ban on the sale, distribution, manufacture and use of the pesticide Paraquat citing concerns over its adverse effects on human health and animals, invoking provisions of the Insecticides Act, 1968.
Concerned over a rise in suicides involving the highly toxic paraquat pesticide, MLAs urged the Telangana government to ban its sale and strengthen dialysis facilities, while the Health Minister said new dialysis units and hospital recruitments were underway
