Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research has found an excess amount of harmful pesticides in vegetables that are being sold in Lucknow. Twenty-eight different types of
pesticides have been found in more than twenty vegetables being sold here. "Pesticides
are used on vegetables and crops to protect them from damaging or getting infected
from pests. Sometimes pesticides are even sprayed on fruits. But these pesticides
should be sprayed in a specific amount," said Mukul Dass, Deputy Director, Indian
Institute of Toxicology Research. "If the spraying of pesticides is done in excess
of the amount needed, it can most probably affect our body," he added. Dass warned
against the consumption of such poisonous vegetables. "The pesticides can leave
adverse affect on our body in two ways. One, the nervous system that is our brain
is affected. In a research on mice and from other research sources, we have found
that the neuronal transmission is also affected. Second thing, it affects liver
also many times," said Dass. The research by the Indian Institute of Toxicology
Research states that these harmful pesticides can brew several hazardous diseases
like cancer, brain cancer, blood cancer, kidney damage, lungs damage and can even
cause skin deceases.
