High Pesticide Residue In Vegetables Sold In Lagos, Environs

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High Pesticide Residue In Vegetables Sold In Lagos, Environs: EMERGING facts from an independent research indicate that the majority of common vegetables consumed in Lagos and its environs have more than the minimum level of pesticide residue, the chemical of which remains in food after being applied to food crops.

Consumers of efo riro, ewedu, ugu or tete-garnished meals — whether in eateries or at home — are more exposed to encountering these farm-fresh produce and face a one-to-three chance of taking a meal prepared from affected vegetable, especially in Lagos.

These revelations were the fallout of a project by Dr. (Mrs) Vide Adedayo, a University of Lagos egghead and executive director, Gender and Environmental Right Initiative (GERI) on pesticide management in urban and peri-urban agricultural communities in Lagos.