In 2012, 13 children in a rural Bangladesh community have been killed due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). AES occurred as a result of excessive and improper applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in local fruit orchards. AES is a condition that is often associated with deadly inflammation of the brain.
All of the deaths, which occurred within 20 hours of the onset of symptoms, were linked to exposure to lychee, a small, reddish fruit with a sweet white flesh that is cultivated across China and South Asia....
In 2012, 13 children in a rural Bangladesh community have been killed due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). AES occurred as a result of excessive and improper applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in local fruit orchards. AES is a condition that is often associated with deadly inflammation of the brain.
All of the deaths, which occurred within 20 hours of the onset of symptoms, were linked to exposure to lychee, a small, reddish fruit with a sweet white flesh that is cultivated across China and South Asia....