By: J.S.,STA
After reports that several farmers in the Koroška region, in the north, sprinkled their fields with white substance that was supposed to be lime but was in fact gypsum, six out of seven samples taken by inspectors proved to contain excessive amounts of lead.
All samples, analysed by the national Agricultural Institute, also contained chromium, the agriculture inspectorate said. Inspectors have examined 23 farms with 60 hectares of land on which 510 tonnes of the white matter had been used.
