date:Jun 18, 2019
As children have died of an unexplained mystery disease in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, people are looking at the litchi. Muzaffarpur, Indias land of litchis, supplies the bulk of the countrys litchi harvest and the classiest varieties. Now reporters are writing on how certain chemicals in the fruit cause fatal brain inflammation in undernourished children below age 15.
This litchi scare has hit sales and making prices tumble, affecting the very children whose families depend on the fruit