Topic
heavy metals
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaFIAPO detects lead, cadmium in aqua farms of 10 statesAnimal rights groups FIAPO and All Creatures Great and Small inspected about 250 fish and shrimp farms in 10 states and reported lead and cadmium in aquatic animals.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalIs there harmful metal in your food?Heavy metals from industry, fertilisers, manure and polluted irrigation water build up in soil and enter food crops, and biological and chemical methods can be used to clean contaminated soil.