Archive · 1 Aug 2025
Children Hospitalized After Eating Pesticide at Anganwadi Center
Some children in a daycare center in India got sick because they ate pesticide, thinking it was a snack.
One of the children brought the pesticide from home.
They started feeling unwell right after.
The daycare staff called for help and took the children to the hospital.
Doctors checked on them, and they are now considered out of danger.
The authorities are looking into the situation to understand how it happened and to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Eight children fell ill after consuming pesticide at an Anganwadi center.
A girl brought a packet containing the pesticide to the center.
The children mistakenly believed the contents were a snack.
The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in Aakapur village, Aligarh, UP.
The children were taken to a primary health center and later referred to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.
- Who
- Eight children
- What
- Eight children consumed pesticide.
- When
- Friday afternoon
- Where
- Aakapur village, Aligarh, UP, at an Anganwadi center
- Why
- The children mistakenly consumed pesticide thinking it was a snack.
- Location
- Aakapur village, Aligarh, UP
- Incident Type
- Pesticide Consumption
- Victims
- Eight Children
- Date
- Friday afternoon
- Outcome
- Children out of danger