30 children fall ill after eating Jatropha seeds
September 7th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANSRaipur, Sep 7 (IANS) At least 30 children fell ill in Chhattisgarh Monday after they consumed seeds of the poisonous Jatropha plant, which is used to extract bio-fuel, police said.
The incident was reported from Suloni village of Janjgir-Champa district, some 180 km from here.
“The children ate Jatropha seeds thinking it was some fruit and immediately started vomitting,” Kaushalia Sahu of Malkharoda police station told IANS by phone. All the children were below the age of 12.
The official said that all the children were taken to the primary health centre in the village.
The condition of the children is stable and they are out of danger, she added.
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