New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Vegetables grown on the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi contain lead levels ranging from 2.55 mg/kg to 10.27 mg/kg, exceeding the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) permissible limit of 2.5 mg/kg, according to a study by researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

The study, published in July in the Journal of the Indian Association for Environmental Management, was conducted by researchers from CSIR and the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). It assessed heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown on the Yamuna floodplains and the potential health risks associated with consuming them.

Researchers analysed soil and plant samples from four...