The recent deaths of 23 Indian schoolchildren from pesticide-poisoned lunches was just the latest chapter in the country’s long and troubled relationship with chemical pesticides.
Host Carol Hills speaks about the problem—and some of the emerging grassroots solutions—with journalist Meera Subramanian.
She says India is using 67 pesticides that are banned in other parts of the world.
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