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Kolkata raw food items have alarming lead levels, finds study
Source: New Indian Express, Kolkata, Date: , 2017
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New Indian Express, Kolkata, Oct 22, 2017:- Raw
food sold in most city markets have Lead concentration far above the
permissible limit and can permanently damage key human organs, a survey
conducted by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found. Samples of raw
food items like polished rice, red lentil (masoor dal), red spinach, chicken,
fish (without scales), biscuits, spice (cumin seeds) and a common medicinal
herb (Holy Basil or Tulsi), collected from 12 markets in the city showed a mean
Lead (Pb) concentration between 3.78 and 43.35 mg/kg (average 23.56 mg/kg).
"The mean Lead concentration found in the raw food materials is very high
compared to the threshold value of 2.5mg/kg specified by Food Safety &
Standards Regulation (2011), India," senior scientist of the GSI, Avijit
Das, who headed the group conducting the two-year study, said today.
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