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Eluru mystery illness: Mercury found in rice
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Published: Saturday, December 12, 2020, 11:13 [IST]
Hyderabad, Dec 11: One week after the strange illness broke out in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, which claimed 1 life and left 600 sick, analysis carried out by various groups have found several abnormalities in the food that the victims had consumed.
The state government is going through the reports and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy held a meeting with medical experts in Amravati.
National Institute of Nutrition found traces of mercury in rice and pesticides and herbicide residues in excess quantities in vegetables. Residues of organophosphorous in blood were also found, but said it has to be studied how they entered the humans.