References
Every statistic on this site links here. The retracted 2020 estimate of 385 million poisonings is deliberately not used.
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- PAN India. Acute unintentional pesticide poisonings in India, January 2026 (NGO analysis of government data).
- Clinical profile and outcome of organophosphate poisoning, Osmania General Hospital. Scientific Reports 2022.
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- NCRB. Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2022.
- Insecticides Rules 1971, Rule 19 (labelling).
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- CIB&RC. Registered products and Major Uses of Pesticides (as on 30.09.2026).
- NHSRC and MoHFW. Emergency Care for MO: General Approach to Poison Management.
- ISCCM. Position statement on acute poisoning, Indian J Crit Care Med 2024.
- NHSRC. Medico-legal guideline.
- Prior art: webPOISONCONTROL (US consumer barcode triage).
- Prior art: SprayWise (student hackathon label reader for farmers).
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