Pesticide traces found in rivers

Unauthorised products: Ramakrishnan showing the banned pesticides used in Cameron Highlands at a press conference.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Traces of widely banned pesticides have been found in treated water and rivers here, said the Pesticide Action Network Asia and The Pacific (Panap).

According to its executive director Sarojeni V. Rengam, tests on samples drawn from six sites in the Bertam and Terla rivers, as well as treated water, found traces of pesticides.