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Pesticide residues in honey samples from Himachal Pradesh (India) [1]

Honey, being a natural product manufactured by honey bees is considered to be free from any extraneous material. The over-reliance on pesticides caused several environmental problems including pesticide residues in food. This constitutes a potential risk for human health, because of their sub acute and chronic toxicity.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Amit Choudhary [2], Duni C. Sharma [3]
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology [4]
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Tags:
Honey [5], Pesticides And Toxins [6], Organophosphates [7], Chlorpyriphos [8], Ethion [9], Malathion [10], Acephate [11], Maximum Residue Level (MRL) [12], Pesticide Residues [13], India [14], Himachal Pradesh [15]
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