In Bangladesh, popular eggplant comes with a side of lead. And cadmium

Mongabay
Nov 29, 2022, 8:52 am250 pts
Food safety in Bangladesh faces a serious threat from heavy metal contamination, according to recent studies, with one of the country’s most widely consumed vegetables, the eggplant, containing potentially cancer-causing amounts of lead, nickel and cadmium. Researchers attribute this to excessive use of…

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