There is no scientific basis to link use of fertilisers and pesticides to cancer, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Tomar said this during Question Hour in response to remarks by two Punjab MPs - Ravneet Singh Bittu and Bhagwant Mann - that "exponential rise" in cancer cases in Punjab was due to excessive use of fertiliser with patients from the state travelling to Bikaner by a train which is commonly referred to as 'Cancer Train'.
Tomar said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),
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