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Study warns of highly contaminated fruits,vegetables in open markets and supermarkets

The vegetables and fruits you eat at home or at your favourite lunch-time joint may be poisoning you and your children, according to a shocking new study.

The joint research by the University of Nairobi and Strathmore University has established that most fruits and vegetables sold in Kenya contain a cocktail of harmful pesticides and heavy metals that exceed safe levels.

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