There is no system of market supervision. Are you not eating fruit bought with money?

The Dhaka Times Desk Various fruits including litchi and mango are now available in the market. Lychee will be gone very soon. But the mango will remain for a long time. But these fruits of the market are actually healthy? Today's report has been prepared with that analysis.

Let's start with the topic of litchi. Everywhere is now full of juicy lychees. In the bazaar, on the streets, on the pavements, the stalls of the small traders spread red-khairy fair. In Dinajpur and Rajshahi Lichu, the capital's bazaar is Sailab. It is difficult to resist the temptation to buy more or less litchis whenever you see them on the road. But what is the assurance that poison is not being bought in the name of litchi for the family, not only litchi, but almost all domestic and foreign fruits including mango, banana, papaya, guava, pineapple, apples, grapes, pears are mixed with toxic chemicals. . However, litchi and mango are supplied with chemicals mixed in the garden. After several more rounds, chemicals are mixed at different places.

Traders said that the mangoes of the season have not yet started to fully ripen. But everywhere in the capital, 'Pakano Ame' is available. The price is not too much, as a result, it is being sold in Dedarse. Chemicals are readily available for ripening mangoes. All mangoes get yellow color by using chemicals like Previt, Eden, Ethrel etc. Fruit growers claim, 'Due to administrative surveillance, fruit ripening activities with chemicals have been stopped in Dhaka. However, in many cases, it is artificially ripened in the region where it is produced and sent to different places including the capital. Mango and litchi are mixed with chemicals in the garden.' Although there are no complaints against jackfruit, there are many complaints about tomatoes in the market. Tomatoes can be preserved for a long time with medicine. These chemicals are very harmful to the human body.

Several national dailies have published news about this. But nothing is working. It is said in those dailies that the High Court has asked the government to monitor whether the fruits mixed with chemicals are being sold in the market in a directive, but that directive has not been implemented so far. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Dean of Faculty of Medicine Professor ABM Abdullah said, 'Poisonous fruits containing various chemicals can slowly make the liver and kidneys useless. These chemicals weaken the heart. Brain nubs also reduce memory. Abnormally increases acidity. Regular consumption of food containing formalin can cause stomach, lung and trachea cancer, and even blood cancer.

The colors of the fruits that are seen in the market today are so bright that it attracts the buyers. It is also sold at a higher price. Therefore, calcium carbide is used to ripen unripe fruits and more alkaline textile dyes to convert them to bright colors. More scary news is that at least 6 stages of chemicals are used from the stage of the fruit being on the tree to being sold in the market. Essentially, the entire fruit is poisoned due to excessive spraying of gaseous ethylene and hormone-like ether and the use of calcium carbide. Some other toxic substances including formalin are being used for long term preservation. Garden owners sell litchis to traders before they bud. After that, various pesticides and vitamins are used to increase the yield and protect the litchi from insects until it breaks. A special warning letter was sent to officials from the Department of Agriculture to prevent excessive use of pesticides. It is said that the operation should be carried out with the help of law and order forces only when the initiative of chemical spray dangerous for the human body is taken. But there are allegations that farmers are using harmful pesticides and carbides under the management of agricultural officials in litchi-dominant areas. Deputy Assistant Plant Conservation Officer of Dinajpur, famous for litchi, Abu Md. Mohsin said, 'Traders use high levels of carbide to improve litchi ripening and color, which is very harmful to the human body. On the other hand, Minkara, Fungicide Bavistin powder, Vitamin Napha, Ocozyme, Flora and Trimistrin are used for growing litchi. But it is not harmful to human body. But because the price is relatively high, the traders are less interested in using them.

Hasem Ali, a farmer of Balurbagan area of Chapainawabganj, who is involved in mango cultivation, said that mango farmers apply various pesticides to prevent the attack of insects. When the mangoes are big, they use a kind of powder, which is known as 'seven powder', for a beautiful color. Nayan powder is used to clean the dirt after picking the mangoes, then the traders use some other chemicals to keep them fresh for longer. It is alleged that hundreds of traders in Rajshahi area have smuggled various high-level Indian chemicals and spread them among the mango traders.

Litchi and mango with these chemicals are being sold in different markets of the capital. But there is no one to see. Law enforcement agencies are almost silent. Experts feel that it has become necessary to take strict action against these junk food marketers through the implementation of proper laws.