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DETECTION OF HIDDEN
as market vendors were used to collate data on the sale of pyre-

throid pesticides in India. The incidences of poisoning cases involv-
FILES AND FINDING OUT ITS
ing pyrethroid pesticides were collected from state crime records,

medical hospital records, and indices from poison control centres
HIDDEN MECHANISM
(PCCs) across India. All PCCs were taken into consideration for
this information.

The details on fatalities by pyrethroid poisoning were collected from

medical hospital records across India. Different databases were re-

viewed, and written communications were employed to collect this

information. For the last 2 parameters, the region-wise zone was

tabulated for comparison to ensure easy understanding of the data.

For the purposes of this study, India was split into 6 regions.

FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

Production of pyrethroids in India

• Cypermethrin - The installed production capacity of cyperme-

thrin across India was around 24 thousand metric tons in the fis-

cal year 2021. Since 2009, the general public has not been able

to access the chemical.
• Deltamethrin - Mostly imported. 20 thousand metric tons were

imported in 2018. The data of import since then is not available.

• Fenvalerate - 200 metric tons (2019)

• Permethrin - 1000 kilograms per year (as in 2019)

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