Herbal is actual ly chemical, baked is fake and organic is certainly not organic. On the eve of Holi, a sample survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has shown that most of the colours being sold as herbal colours actually contain harmful chemical sub stances including benzene, nickel, auramine and lead chromium.

Anxious resi March 9: Anxious residents in Punjab

Beijing: Executions are not enough deterrent for Chinese culprits bent on raking in money in illegal ways, the police has indicated. The Chinese police found the 2008 scandal being repeated in milk dairies and arrested 96 people for mixing the toxic additive melamine with milk.
A similar case of contamination had left six children dead and 300,000 sick in 2008.

Local Politicos Active In Operating Mines As Toxic Dust Chokes State
Bicholim (Goa): As the famous sun-soaked Calangute beach gets decked up for yet another Christmas and New year parties, villagers of Shirgao situated a few kilometres away try to find new ways to escape the halo of toxic red dust that enter their drawing rooms every day.

Shirgao has three mines

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