Padma Rajagopal
Asthma... one of the symptoms of pesticide poisoning
Today I received the following sad news: My friend in India who was fighting the use/misuse of "registered' POISONS like endosulfan, just died. Padma passed away last night at the hospital. Mathew had taken her to the hospital when she had difficulties breathing, at midnight she was actually recovering but a few minutes later she had a cardiac arrest. She had been a asthmatic for a long time and neglected her health very much. A person who was so concerned with environmental issues she never cared for herself. Her father being a Doctor had tried hard to educate her on breathing exercises etc . She leaves behind a child two years old. She was cremated on the farm and friends will go with her parents tomorrow morning to immerse her ashes at Paschimavahini, Srirangapatna. Padma was only 37.
Steve Tvedten
Read about Padma's work to help the poor and end the use of pesticides: S.E.E.D.
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