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Scientists find alarming rates of pesticide contamination in nearly 40% of popular baby foods: 'Babies and young children are particularly vulnerable'
The EWG identified nine types of pesticides, the most common of which was captan. The organization found the likely carcinogen and its breakdown product tetrahydrophthalimide in 11 baby foods.
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The Bitter Taste Of Kashmir’s Apple Boom: How Pesticides Are Poisoning The Region’s Fruit Bowl
Excessive use of carcinogenic chemicals in apple production has led to a startling rise in cancer cases in Kashmir, forcing a reevaluation of the industry's rel ...
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Bioassay of Captan by Zebrafish Larvae
Legator, M., and Verrett, J., New York Academy of Sciences, Conference on Biological Effects of Pesticides in Mammalian Systems”, abstract of paper 6, 17 (1967).