Poison in your plate: Veggies laced with banned pollutants make their way from Meerut to Delhi

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Poison in your plate: Veggies laced with banned pollutants make their way from Meerut to Delhi [1]

A study has revealed the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), organic compounds resistant to environmental degradation which have been banned throughout the country, in many vegetables

Publication Date:

11/02/2015

Author(s): Pankul Sharma [2]

Source: Times Of India (Meerut) [3]

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