Rat poison chemical found in pills(India)

RAIPUR:Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilization camp in India are likely to have contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat poison,2 senior officials in Chattisgrah state said on Saturday. Prelimanery test of the antibiotic ciprocin tablets were found to contain zinc phosphide.
Death:
At least 15 women had dead,most of who had attended the camp.
Tests:
Authorities tested the tablet after being informed that zinc phosphide was found at the nearby factory of Mahawar Pharmaceuitcals,the firm at the center of investigation into the deaths at the government-run planning family camp.Pardeshi said:Sample of the drugs have now been sent to laboratories in Delhi and Kolkata to verified the tablet  were contained as the preliminary report suggested.
Poisoning:
But this is what we anticipate.He said, Symptoms shown by the patients also confirm with zinc phosphide poisoning.
Statement of Government:
The state government said it had seized 200,000 tablets of ciprocin 500 and over 4 million other tablets manufactured by Mahawar.Police have arrested Ramesh Mahawar,the firms managing director and his son.Mahawar has said both are innocent.
Sterilization is popular because it is cheap and effective,and side steps.India is the world top sterilizer of women,and effort to growth have been described as most dangerous after China.
India birth rates fall in recent decades but population growth among the world fastest.

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