Carbosulfan pesticide identified in Kinabatangan poisoning incident

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The nine plantation workers who were hospitalised Saturday (Jan 11) for pesticide poisoning reportedly inhaled Carbosulfan pesticide (UN3077) while fertilising oil palm trees at a 20-acre plantation.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/442vyss4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Nine plantation workers were hospitalized on Saturday after reportedly inhaling carbosulfan

00:07pesticide UN-3077 while fertilizing oil palm trees at a 20-acre plantation in Kinabatangan.

00:16Kinabatangan Fire and Rescue Station Chief Nurul Azlan Shah Jamaluddin said an emergency

00:21call from the plantation owner was received at 3.11 pm, prompting a six-member team led

00:28by Jasmani Osni and hazardous materials consultant Mohamed Hanis Mokhtar to be dispatched to

00:34the site, located 45 kilometres away.

00:37By the time the team arrived, all victims had already been transported to Kinabatangan

00:42Hospital by co-workers for treatment.

00:45Firefighters, equipped with protective gear, secured the area by setting up barricades

00:51and conducted a decontamination process to mitigate further risks.

00:55The situation was brought under control at 5.30 pm and the operation ended at 6.40 pm

01:02after the area was declared safe.

01:05Nurul Azlan reminded plantation owners to ensure workers use proper protective gear

01:10when handling pesticides to prevent similar incidents.

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