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SENEGAL: Toxic Vegetables for sale

In his two-hectare garden in Kounoune village, 40 km east of Dakar, farmer Babacar Wade, 38, grows lettuce, cabbage, parsley, aubergine, peppers, and okra -  some of the most coveted vegetables for export from Senegal. Wade is passionate about his trade. "Market gardening is my life,” he told IRIN. But he is also concerned about the downside of the business the “dangerous” levels of pesticides, fertilisers and other toxic substances such as waste-water, that he is obliged to use to improve the...