Monday 28/July/2025 – 01:17 PM
The death incident rocked 6 children from one family in the village of Delja of the Deir Mawas Center, Minya Governorate, during the past days, after symptoms of severe poisoning appeared on them, amid increasing doubts about a chemical that is believed to be the cause, a substance in an insecticide called chlorfenapyr, which children believed to have taken through food or drink, and may have reached children through inhalation or touching The skin, but so far no report or official statement has been issued confirming this.
For his part, Dr. Mustafa Abdel -Sattar, Vice -Chairman of the Agricultural Pesticide Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the pesticide named Wanad, which contains chlorphane, is not prohibited in Egypt and registered in the international references EPA, Japan and Australia, stressing that the sale online allows manipulation and fraud.
He continued in exclusive statements to Cairo 24: All pesticides of any kind of chemical, natural or vital are dangerous compounds that necessarily have a harmful effect, and measures must be taken for lack of exposure to their toxic influence and good and responsible use.
It has no cure .. a surprise about an insecticide suspected of causing the death of the young Dluja and their father
Dr. Mustafa Abdel Sattar, Vice -Chairman of the Agricultural Pesticide Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture, continued, saying: I always call for not buying online and state agencies fight these practices, and awareness is very important, so citizens must, when buying the pesticide except from licensed stores and obtaining an invoice and using the pesticide according to the approved recommendations with safety and safety measures shown in the data card on each package.
For its part, responsible sources within the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation said that (the active substance chlorphanebire) is prohibited by the European Union and any pesticide under this article is prohibited there.
The sources confirmed to Cairo 24 that this article is not prohibited in Egypt, but it must be banned because it is very dangerous and has no antidote.
