INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION

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MANY  PLANTS EVOLVE POISONS AS PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS AGAINST ANIMALS FEEDING ON THEM. FOR EXAMPLE,  SOLANINE  IN POTATO, GOSSYPOL IN COTTON SEEDS, OXALIC  ACID LEAFY VEGETABLES GOITROGEN IN CABBAGE, PHALLIODINE  IN MUSHROOMS, BOAA IN KHESARI, CYNOGENS  IN TOPIOCA AND BITTER ALMONDS AND SO ON . AROUND 500 SPECIES OF MARINE FISH ARE POISONOUS AND  MANY OF THOSE ARE AMONG EDIBLE VARIETIES . PRE-HISTORIC HUMANS DEPENDENTS EXCLUSIVELY  OF ANIMALS FOR SAFE FOOD, AS FOODS CONSUMED BY   ANIMALS WITHOUT OBVIOUS HARM WERE SAFE FOR HUMANS TOO. DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES HAS OPENED UP THE  RISK OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD BY A HOST OF CHEMICALS KNOWN AS ADDITIVES,PRESERVATIVES COLOURING AGENT, ETC. USE OF PESTICIDES IN INDIA BEGAN 1948 WITH  SMALL SCALE  OF IMPORTS OT DDT BHC. PESTICIDE USE IN AGRIL  BEGAN IN 1949. INDIA USE AROUND 30000 TONS OF PESTICIDES ANNUALY, MORE THAN 70%OF ...