Food safety has always been a hot issue of social concern, and pesticide residues in various agricultural products have been criticized. Recently, a news about excessive pesticide residues in garlic sprouts has aroused renewed public concern about food safety and also caused a discussion on the safety supervision of agricultural products. The exposure of the garlic pesticide exceeding the standard once again makes people realize that there are still many hidden dangers in the safety supervision of agricultural products, and also makes people have more questions about the current use of pesticides and the safety of agricultural products.
The incident of pesticide residues in garlic sprouts has aroused public concern
Recently, a joint monitoring of pesticide residues in vegetables conducted by China Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences showed that more than 70% of the garlic sprout samples currently sold on the market were detected with excessive pesticide residues, and the excess amount was generally high. Just after the announcement of the monitoring results, the relevant departments also quickly carried out random inspections on the garlic sprouts on the market, and the results were indeed as stated in the monitoring report, and the pesticide residues of garlic sprouts exceeded the standard.
The exposure of this news has also made consumers who do not know about pesticide residues very worried, because garlic sprouts, as a common green vegetable, are also frequent guests on the dining table of every household in daily life, and now the widespread pesticide residue problem of garlic sprouts on the market has also made people worry about the health risks caused by their long-term consumption of garlic sprouts.
Why does garlic sprouts have the problem of excessive pesticide residues?
For the problem of excessive pesticide residues in garlic sprouts, many people have begun to question the use of pesticides, believing that farmers abuse pesticides in the planting and production process, and ignore the safe period and safe amount of pesticide use. In fact, the problem of excessive pesticide residues in garlic sprouts is not entirely caused by the abuse of pesticides by farmers, but is inseparable from the current use of pesticides.
In today's agricultural production, in order to reduce the damage of pests and diseases to crops as much as possible and improve the yield and quality of crops, farmers do need to use certain pesticides to prevent and control garlic sprouts and other crops, and pesticide root irrigation is a pesticide use method that came into being.
Pesticide root irrigation, as the name suggests, is to irrigate the pesticide through the roots of the plant, so that the plant can fully absorb the pesticide, and the harm of pests and diseases to the plant can also be well controlled. However, although the use of pesticide root irrigation can improve the utilization rate of pesticides, it also increases the possibility of pesticide residues in plants, and once pesticides remain too much in plants, it will cause irreversible harm to human health.
What are the hazards of pesticide residues to human health?
Once the problem of excessive pesticide residues in garlic sprouts is discovered, it must be paid enough attention, because once the agricultural products with excessive pesticide residues flow to the market, it will pose a potential threat to the lives and health of consumers.
Long-term consumption of agricultural products with excessive pesticide residues will bear the brunt of the human body's health, for example, it will cause people to have dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting and other poisoning symptoms; moreover, some pesticides will also cause irreversible damage to the human nervous system and reproductive system, especially to pregnant women and infants, and may even induce serious diseases such as cancer.
Therefore, once it is found that there is a problem of excessive pesticide residues in agricultural products, it is necessary to remove these agricultural products from the shelves as soon as possible, and at the same time, it is also necessary to investigate the responsibility of the responsible units and individuals who cause excessive pesticide residues, and they can not feel that excessive pesticide residues are just a trivial matter and can be turned a blind eye.
How to effectively regulate pesticide residues in agricultural products?
In fact, the problem of pesticide residues in agricultural products is not something that consumers can easily solve, but needs to be effectively supervised from the production and sales of agricultural products.
First of all, in the production of agricultural products, the relevant departments must carry out strict examination and control of the production, sale and use of pesticides, only the pesticides that have passed the examination and approval can enter the market for sale and use; when farmers use pesticides, they must also strictly follow the instructions for the use of pesticides and the safety period for use, and can not abuse pesticides, let alone change the use of pesticides and the amount of pesticides without authorization.
Secondly, for the agricultural products that have been put on sale, the relevant departments should also regularly sample and test, pay close attention to the pesticide residues of agricultural products, once it is found that there are pesticide residues exceeding the standard, we must remove these agricultural products from the shelves as soon as possible, and seriously deal with and hold accountable the responsible units and individuals, so that they can pay the due price for their mistakes.
Finally, as ordinary consumers, we should also have enough food safety awareness, not only to choose formal channels to buy agricultural products, but also to carefully read the production date and production license number on agricultural products, in order to understand the safety information of agricultural products, but also through the Internet and other ways, to understand the pesticide residues of related agricultural products, eat more green organic vegetables, it is also very beneficial to your health.
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The exposure of excessive pesticide residues in garlic sprouts reminds us once again that food safety is related to the happy life of thousands of households, and the safety of agricultural products is inseparable from the joint efforts of farmers and regulatory departments at all levels. It is hoped that the relevant departments can attach great importance to the problem of pesticide residues in agricultural products, increase the supervision of agricultural products, and also hope that the majority of farmers can use pesticides scientifically and rationally, and do a good job in the safe production of agricultural products.
At the same time, we also hope that consumers can join hands with farmers who produce agricultural products to jointly escort the safety and quality of agricultural products, and report and complain as soon as possible when they find potential safety hazards of agricultural products, so that behind the deliciousness is safety and security.