SRINAGAR, July 14 -- Kashmir's lakes, including the famed Dal Lake, are becoming contaminated with heavy metals, and this pollution is finding its way into water chestnuts that people eatA new scientific study has raised concerns over heavy metal contamination in water chestnuts (Trapa natans), locally known as 'Gaur', harvested from some of Kashmir's major water bodies, with researchers identifying Dal Lake as the most polluted among the four water bodies examined.
Published in "Scientific Reports", the study analysed water, sediments and different parts of water chestnut plants collected from Dal Lake, Hokersar Wetland, Manasbal Lake and Wular Lake to assess the accumulation of eight heavy metals, including cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), c...