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Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser

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Gardeners across Britain are reaping a bitter harvest of rotten potatoes, withered salads and deformed tomatoes after an industrial herbicide tainted their soil. The affected gardens and allotments have been contaminated by manure originating from farms where the hormone-based herbicide aminopyralid, made by Dow AgroSciences, has been sprayed on fields.
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