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Health alarm: Goa's oysters have high cadmium traces [1]

Traces of cadmium, a chemical found in car batteries and used in the nuclear fission processes, are showing up in edible salt-water oysters in Goa, a tourism-oriented coastal state known for its be

Publication Date: 
19/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
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Goa [3], Hazardous Products [4], National Institute of Oceanography [5], Tourism Industry [6], Fish [7], Food Safety [8], Health [9]
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