Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Toxic Trail from Soil to Table

Widespread contamination: Commercial guavas and greens across key farming hubs contain unsafe lead, arsenic and cadmium levels

Industrial roots: Polluted soil, toxic runoff and unchecked battery waste are driving poisons straight into crops

Call for vigilance: Experts urge nationwide monitoring and strict pollution controls over panic, protecting future food

The warning is beginning to emerge from foods that sit closest to the everyday Bangladeshi table.

After researchers found excessive levels of lead, cadmium and other heavy metals in vegetables grown around industrial areas of Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions, a new study has detected elevated contamination in commercially grown guav...