The cause was found to be the high amount of pesticide residue on vegetables. |
Earlier this year a young child died after consuming a tiny amount of ant powder containing the pesticide lindane. |
Most fluoride poisonings have been the result of rodenticide and pesticide ingestion. |
As a result, it is almost impossible to know the amount of pesticide residues on supermarket produce. |
Tests have found about one in seven UK lettuces with above approved levels of a pesticide, the Government announced yesterday. |
This echoes the wave of such birth deformities following the US's use of the pesticide Agent Orange as a chemical weapon in the Vietnam War. |