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Please tell me about food and food adulteration. (1) What are the adulterants that added to food in the market today? (2) How does it effect our body? (3) Name any four food items and chemicals used in it. (4) Its effects on our health. (5) How does it alter the taste of our food? (6) What are the methods that we can adopt to counter this inadequacy?

Some common harmful contaminant or adulterants found in food are:
Argemone Oil, through argemone seed adulteration in mustard causes dropsy, cardiac arrest
Artificially colored saw dust in tea is carcinogenic in nature
Lead Chromate adulterated in turmeric powder causes anemia, abortion, paralysis and brain damage.
Arsenic as lead arsenate is sprayed over apples; it causes death, paralysis and cramps
Cadmium which is found in fruit juices, sof drink through cadmium coated container causes live and kidney damage and Itai- Itai disease.


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