
Plea to include palm foods in nutritious meal scheme
The Hindu
A plea to include palm foods in the nutritious meal scheme was made at a panai thiruvizha organised by Green Needa, an organisation engaged in promotion of greenery, at Thulasendrapuram near Mannargud
A plea to include palm foods in the nutritious meal scheme was made at a panai thiruvizha organised by Green Needa, an organisation engaged in promotion of greenery, at Thulasendrapuram near Mannargudi on Sunday.
According to its chief coordinator M. Rajavelu around 1000 palm seeds were sown along the bunds of Thulasendrapuram lake as part of a drive to plant 50,000 palm seeds by the organisation.

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Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











