Vegetables with Excessive Pesticide Residues Ordered Destroyed

Kathmandu. Some vegetables brought into the Kalimati Fruits and Vegetables Market Development Committee have been found to have excessive pesticide residues, and have been instructed not to be consumed and to be destroyed (disposed of) immediately.

According to the results of the rapid pesticide residue analysis test conducted by the Central Agricultural Laboratory, Hariharbhawan Lalitpur's laboratory unit on Ashad 12, some vegetables brought to the market were found to be harmful to human health and unfit for consumption.