Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 3: "We The Human", has maintained that the excessive use of toxic chemical pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers in few areas of Jammu like Arnia, Vijaypur, Top, Phalla Mandal, Dattryal, Badyal Brahmna by farmers hailing from outside J&K should be immediately got stopped and all such vegetables produced using heavy sprays of toxic chemicals should be got checked by field officers of Agriculture Department and Food Safety Organization.
"In case of positive tests, all such vegetables with toxic chemical residues, above permissible levels, should be destroyed before reaching the local markets", they said, adding, this also becomes prime duty of all Food Safety Organization officers to check vegetables and fruits arriving in various markets and destroy them in case of toxicity found, before these are consumed by the public, which may cause cancer or serious diseases involving vital organs like stomach, kidney, lever, lungs. |
