印度農業部昨天在國會下院公布報告顯示，印度馬哈拉什特拉省（Maharashtra）過去4年有272名農夫死於農藥中毒，凸顯印度農藥使用的嚴重問題。
「印度時報」（Times of India）今天報導，根據農業部提供國會下院（Lok Sabha）的答詢書面報告，馬省過去4年共有272名農夫死於農藥中毒，其中去年以亞瓦特馬爾縣（Yavatmal）死亡人數最多，達21人，這些死者多數因農藥「亞素靈」（Monocrotophos）中毒致死。
針對亞瓦特馬爾縣農夫中毒死亡事件設立的特別調查小組指出，導致農夫死亡的農藥中，許多是世界其他國家禁止或限制使用，但仍在印度使用的66種農藥名單中，而多數受害者都是使用單一農藥「亞素靈」或混合其他農藥，建議禁用這種農藥。
連結：Pesticide poisoning claimed 272 lives of farmers in Maharash …
連結：Maharashtra Has Lost 272 Farmers In Pesticide Poisoning In The Last 4 Years
The case of farmers’ death by pesticide poisoning in Maharashtra may have come into the limelight due to the Yavatmal case, but the horrific scenario is the reality of Maharashtra from past four years.
Figures presented by agriculture ministry in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday suggested that pesticide poisoning has taken nearly 272 lives in the last four years.
In the account of last year’s incidents, from Yavatmal district 21 deaths were reported and the 42 other deaths from the year 2017 to 2018 were recounted from 14 other districts of the state.
小編評：亞素靈也是我國核准使用的農藥，沒想到在印度害這麼多人死亡…