date:Oct 31, 2023
inach and coriander) were examined to analyse the presence of heavy metals.
While the maximum permissible limit for iron is 425.5 mg/kg, beans bought from well-known organic shops had a concentration of 810.20 mg/kg, coriander 945.70 mg/kg and spinach 554.58 mg/kg. Among the vegetables from Hopcoms, onion had 592.18 mg/kg of iron.
Alas, heavy metals exceeded permissible limits in most of the sampled vegetables. The FAO sets 0.2 mg/kg as the maximum limit for cadmium. But brinjal bought from a