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Spotlight `Herbal' is chemical, `baked' is fake [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Toxicology [3], Hazardous Products [4], Health Effects [5], Health [6], Toxins [7]
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