date:Nov 22, 2018
in, Chlorpyriphos, Profenophos, were detected. Most of the crops, the open market samples of which revealed pesticide residues, were not commonly grown in Kerala, which makes it all the more difficult to trace their origin and initiate corrective measures.
Samples of red amaranth, beans, green chillies, cucumber, snake gourd and cowpea sold with organic label collected from organic vegetable outlets, Ajowan and Kashmiri chilli powder were detected with residues of hazardous chemicals.
Insectic