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Medical Body Ignored On Carbide Guns, 300 Eye Injury Cases In Bhopal

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Despite a two-year-old warning from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) about the risks of calcium carbide guns, these unlicensed and improvised "toy guns" continued to be sold across Madhya Pradesh this Diwali.

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Medical Body Ignored On Carbide Guns, 300 Eye Injury Cases In Bhopal

Despite a two-year-old warning from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) about the risks of calcium carbide guns, these unlicensed and improvised "toy guns" continued to be sold across Madhya Pradesh this Diwali.

·New Delhi, India
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With 250 eye injury cases, how 'Carbide' is ringing fear in Bhopal again

The rudimentary ‘carbide gun’, used by farmers to tackle crop-raiding animals, was a hit firecracker in Madhya Pradesh this Diwali—until it spewed disaster

·India
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