Apr 13, 2016
Pesticide contamination in Korean leafy green vegetables

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A new study published in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants has assessed pesticide contamination in leafy greens grown in South Korea. More...

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Mar 30, 2016
Organochlorine pesticide residues in beef tissue may pose health risk

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While the general perception is that pesticide exposure through food consumption is confined to produce, exposure can also occur via the...

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Mar 23, 2016
Organophosphate contamination of leafy greens grown in China

Photo Credit: Sue Salisbury

A new study published in the scientific journal Food Control has found that over 23% of vegetables sampled from Changchun, Northeast China,...

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Dec 09, 2015
Pesticides found in catfish exceed the permissible limit

Photo credit: Ruth Hartnup

A study published in the scientific journal Chemosphere has detected high levels of organochlorine pesticides in the muscle tissue of sharptooth...

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