What is it about?
Accumulation of certain toxic heavy metals such as Cu, Cr, Ni and the like are found in excessive amounts in the chemically managed (fertilized and pest or diseased controlled) banana fields of south Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu of India are described
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Why is it important?
Heavy metal contamination in chemicalized banana fields point to the chance of accumulation of toxic metals in fruits cultivated there
Perspectives
Chemicalized agriculture management has its due impact on the health of people and environment, especially through heavy metal contamination in soils
Professor Joesph George Ray
Mahatma Gandhi University
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This page is a summary of: Heavy metal contamination in “chemicalized’ green revolution banana fields in southern India, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2729-0.
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