One body, multiple pathways: where India is going wrong in regulating pesticide exposure
India's current regulatory framework for pesticide exposure is fragmented, treating food, water, and air as separate pathways rather than a cumulative health risk. This systemic failure leaves citizens vulnerable to chronic chemical exposure, as evidenced by various contamination incidents across multiple states.
Why it matters
It highlights a critical public health oversight in India where the lack of integrated monitoring systems fails to protect populations from the long-term, cumulative effects of agricultural and household chemical exposure.
Pesticide residues do not arrive as a single dose. They arrive in a vegetable, a glass of water, and the air of a home, often on the same day, and none of India’s three major monitoring systems is built to add them up.
The article focuses on public health policy and systemic administrative failures without taking a partisan political stance.
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