Pesticide residues in blood

Where poison flows in the veins

CSE Study finds residues of 6-13 pesticides in blood samples of villagers in Punjab.

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CSE Report: Analysis of Pesticide Residues in blood samples from villages of Punjab.

Pesticide residues in blood of Punjab farmers

Pesticides are commonly used in India but this comes at great cost to human health. The Centre for Science and Environment decided to investigate the matter and looked at the agricultural heartland of Punjab. It found that  15 different pesticides in the 20 blood samples tested from four villages in Punjab. But what is more important to find out is how much of pesticide in blood is ‘safe’. Does a safety threshold level exist? If yes, how do scientists — and the industry — compute it?