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Monday, Feb 06, 2006
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Pesticides Industry & Economy - Health Toxic in abundance K.K. Mustafah
A farmer spraying pesticides on his vegetable farm in Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu. Consumption of pesticides has increased manifold in mono-cropped areas and also where commercial crops are grown. Pesticide use has reached a level of 75,000 mt from 2,330 mt. Fifty four per cent of the total quantity of pesticides used in the country is used on cotton; 17 per cent on rice; and 13 per cent on vegetables and fruits, which occupy 5 per cent, 24 per cent and 3 per cent of the total cropped area. Contamination of soil and water resources and pesticides residues found in food samples is an indication of the vulnerability to toxic pesticide residues and resultant health hazards.
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