Chandigarh, Oct 14 (PTI) The Punjab government on Monday said only green firecrackers will be allowed during festival ...

You wouldn't expect to find something as dangerous as lead in your food, but surprisingly, lead is sneaking into some of the ...

Quezon City. Lead-containing paints manufactured in China continue to taint the local paint market despite the country’s ban ...

Lead chromate, an artificial coloring, has been used in other spices to conceal poor quality. The rule could generate up to ...

whose discovery of lead in turmeric led the Bangladeshi government to ban lead chromate in spices and increase oversight of the spice production process. A follow-up survey by Forsyth and ...

Common pollutants include metanil yellow, lead chromate, chalk powder, and even wild turmeric, all of which can pose significant health risks to consumers in both the long term and the short term.

“They found the cheapest yellow pigment available at that time,” Forsyth says. The vibrant yellow pigment was lead chromate. It’s often used in industrial paints – think of the yellow of construction ...