Organophosphate : J&K’s Baddal village Death Cause
Doctors treating patients from J&K’s Baddal village said that organophosphate could be behind the 17 deaths that had spread panic in the village.
- Organophosphate is a chemical that is used in pesticides and insecticides, and absorbed through inhalation and ingestion.
- It is formed through the esterification process involving phosphoric acid and alcohol.
- It is generally used to protect crops from pests and even to control the spread of disease by insects and have extensive application in manufacturing plastics and solvents.
- It disrupts the transmission of nerve signals in exposed organisms, which is fatal.
- Certain organophosphates have caused a different kind of neurotoxicity consisting of damage to the afferent fibers of peripheral and central nerves and associated with inhibition of “neuropathy target esterase”
