Poisoning Pattern in the Cases Reported by Chemical Examiner Laboratory - Punjab, India

Authors

  • Abhey Bansal Analyst, Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Rakesh Gupta Chemical Examiner, Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Parminder Singh Analyst,Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab
  • Sunita Analyst,Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Kamaljit Kaur Analyst,Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Darbar Kaur Analyst,Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Gurpreet Kaur Analyst, Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.
  • Sharanjeet Kaur Analyst, Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Kharar, Mohali, Punjab.

Keywords:

Chemical Examiner Laboratory, Punjab, Poisoning, Viscera, Agro-chemicals

Abstract

Punjab is one of the leading food grain producing states in India. However, in Punjab, increased  productivity has been fuelled by the excessive use of agriculture based chemicals or agro-chemicals like  pesticides, insecticides, herbicides etc. Common poisons used or consumed by the people of Punjab are  related to agriculture based chemicals like organophosphorus compounds (OP), organochlorine  compounds (OC), carbamates, herbicides, fungicides and metallic compounds like Aluminium Phosphide  (AlP) and Zinc Phosphide (ZnP). The analysis of available data was conducted from 1st April, 2016 to  31st March, 2017. During this period, 1918 viscera cases were analysed for the various poisons by seven  analysts. AlP and OP were found to be the most common poisons in this study. So, there is an urgent  need to develop less toxic but equally effective alternatives of these agro-chemicals in Punjab. 

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Published

2019-01-03

How to Cite

Poisoning Pattern in the Cases Reported by Chemical Examiner Laboratory - Punjab, India . (2019). Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine, 40(4), 349–351. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/jiafm/article/view/7788