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Home / News / Delhi News / Vegetables in Delhi found to have high lead content: Study
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Vegetables in Delhi found to have high lead content: Study

Vegetables in Delhi found to have high lead content: Study
Written by Siddhant Pandey
Jul 26, 2019, 02:59 pm 3 min read
Vegetables in Delhi found to have high lead content: Study

If you think eating your vegetables is going to assure good health, you might want to check again. Despite the ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal in 2015 on the cultivation of edible crops along the floodplains of the Yamuna, farming continued, and as per a new study, vegetables grown in the region have high contents of lead, a toxic heavy metal.

Details
Study analyzed vegetables sold at Usmanpur, Geeta Colony, Mayur Vihar

Hindustan Times reported the findings of a study conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) in February 2019. The study analyzed data from three locations: Usmanpur, Geeta Colony and Mayur Vihar. Seven vegetables - cabbage, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, coriander, fenugreek, and spinach - were tested for lead, mercury, nickel, and cadmium, The Times of India reported.

Findings
Nickel, mercury, cadmium below detectable levels, lead exceeded FSSAI standard

According to the report, levels of nickel and mercury did not exceed standards set by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), i.e., 1.5mg/kg for nickel, and 0.25mg/kg for mercury. Cadmium was also found to be below detectable levels. However, the FSSAI standard for lead (2.5mg/kg for vegetables) exceeded in most samples, and was found to be in the range 2.8-13.8mg/kg, HT reported.

Information
Highest lead contamination found in coriander collected from Geeta Colony

The highest level of lead contamination was found in coriander gathered from east Delhi's Geeta Colony, the report added. Except for cabbage, lead levels were found to be above safety standards in almost all vegetables, with the highest one recorded in spinach, at 14.1mg/kg.

Health concerns
What can happen if you consume lead-contaminated food?

Long term consumption of food containing unsafe concentrations of heavy metals can lower energy levels, damage the functioning of the brain, lungs, kidney and liver, damage blood composition, and even cause cancer. Manoj Misra of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan told HT, "Lead poisoning can lead to mental retardation in children. This is a serious issue and the authorities should immediately take action."

Pollution
Lead contamination could be from industries of batteries, paint, etc.

SK Goyal, senior principal scientist and head of NEERI, Delhi, told HT, "The source of lead could be industries dealing in automobile parts, batteries, paint, and polythene. Various kinds of usage of lead-based compounds may also be potential sources." Although only 2% of Yamuna's length passes through Delhi, it accounts for 76% of the river's pollution, the NGT had stated in 2018.

Experts
Experts okay with farming in region, provided testing is done

However, in spite of the contamination, experts told TOI, that farmers may be allowed to grow vegetables in the region, provided there's a regular check on the levels of heavy metal present in the produce, including the harvest from organic farming. The CSIR-NEERI report also said that similar tests for heavy metals should be conducted by authorities for soil and irrigation water regularly.

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Siddhant Pandey covers national and health news at NewsBytes. He has over five years of experience working as a multimedia journalist covering hard news in New Delhi. He was previously employed with The Indian Express and News World India and has juggled roles as a correspondent, copy editor, and video producer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
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