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Group cautions against use of pesticides as preservatives

The League Against Pesticide Consumption (LAPC), a concerned group campaigning against the consumption of pesticides in Nigeria, has condemned the use of dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, commonly abbreviated as DDVP and referred to as pesticides for the preservation of raw foodstuff and other edibles by traders and aggregators, emphasising that the practice is harmful and injurious to the health…