date:Oct 31, 2023
The use of wastewater to grow vegetables in Bengaluru has led to a higher concentration of heavy metals in them. Researchers from the Environment Management and Policy Research Institute, who tested 400 samples of 10 vegetables, found contamination above the permissible limits set by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
EMPRI researchers collected 400 samples from 20 stores across Bengaluru. The samples of 10 vegetables (brinjal, tomato, capsicum, bean, carrot, green chilly, onion, potato, sp