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The numbers are less compared to last year, yet 68 persons have taken ill due to pesticide inhalation during last 45 days in Yavatmal and Akola districts. Nagpur: Pesticide inhalation that caused over 60 deaths in the state during 2017 has claimed one person this year too.Previous year’s crisis led state government to pull up its socks. Each year people, most of them farm workers, took ill and died due to accidental inhalation. No separate notification has been issued but this is as per general laws covering employer-employee relation, said state’s agriculture secretary Bijoi Kumar.The farmers will also have to ensure medical treatment of the workers who fall ill due to pesticide inhalation. The farmers employing the workers are expected to bear the cost, the official said..