An Indian forensic science laboratory confirmed Sunday the high presence of a pesticide in a school lunch meal in India that killed 23 children last week, The New York Times reported.
‘‘The forensic laboratory found monocrotophos in the food. It is a compound of organophospohorus and used to kill pests in agricultural fields,’’ Ravinder Kumar, a senior police officer, told the Times Sunday by phone from Patna, which is the capital of the eastern state of Bihar. ‘‘How this poison found its way to midday meals in school is a matter of investigation.”
