In China, the word [food safety] has always been very sensitive.
In fact, it has two meanings:
- One is that food should be too much and cheap to starve people to death-starving people to death, of course, cannot be called [safe]; The second meaning is that food cannot be harmful to health when eaten in the stomach-it poisons people, and of course it cannot be called [safe].
However, we tend to pay more attention to the second meaning and ignore the first.
Pesticide is used to give us food to eat.
Some people say that this is nonsense. In the past, more than half of your monthly income was used to fill your stomach, but now you can’t even use one tenth. How can you starve to death?
This is true. Now food is getting cheaper and cheaper. But food does not fall from the sky, food grows from the ground.
Let’s look at some authoritative data:
Different from the overall trend in the world, China’s cultivated land area is declining year by year.
With less land and more grain production, how is it possible?
In fact, our grain output per unit area of land is indeed increasing significantly year by year and faster than the world average. How is this achieved?
There can only be one answer: technological progress. Breeding, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural mechanization and preservation technology are indispensable.
Will vegetables be poisonous if pesticides are applied?
There are always complaints:
Now the dishes are all covered with pesticides. Is it okay not to use pesticides? What can’t feed me is poisonous, but it didn’t starve to death, but was poisoned.
What Dr. Clove wants to say is:
First, pesticides are mainly used to weed and exterminate insects. We all know that if there is no need to reduce production, the price of grain and vegetables will rise.
Second, it may not be objective to say [toxic].
The concept of poison and nontoxicity is not either. Drinking water is non-toxic and harmless. Drinking too much can also cause water poisoning. A small amount of botulinum toxin can even be used for cosmetic surgery.
In other words, whether there is poison depends on how much you eat.
Therefore, people need not panic when they hear [pesticide residues]. If there are enough pesticide residues in food, it will be fine.
The government and scientists will ensure the safety of pesticides.
Some people ask, when pesticides are sprinkled in, weeds and pests are brushed to death, and people will be fine after eating them? I don’t believe it.
The research direction of modern pesticides is designed according to the direction of non-toxicity to human beings. For example, weeds will die without photosynthesis. He designed a medicine that can block photosynthesis. Once put in, weeds will die. People have no photosynthesis and will certainly not be affected.
Then who can judge a certain pesticide, how much is harmful and how much is harmless?
This is the result of a lot of experiments done by the government and scientists.
Both acute toxicity and chronic toxicity are considered to obtain a harmless threshold. In order to ensure safety, this value is generally divided by 100, which is the prescribed limit. Pesticides sold on the market must be tested and approved. The amount of pesticides used is also strictly limited.
Therefore, in theory, there is no problem in eating food that meets the regulations.
It is very necessary to purchase through regular channels.
Many people will question: the standard is the standard, and some vendors and vegetable farmers will not follow the standard.
This is totally illegal. China’s < < Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law > > clearly stipulates:
The wholesale market for agricultural products shall set up or entrust an agricultural product quality and safety inspection agency to conduct spot checks on the quality and safety status of agricultural products entering the market for sale. If it is found that the quality and safety standards for agricultural products do not meet, it shall require the seller to immediately stop selling and report to the competent department.
At present, many vegetable markets have also set up pesticide residues [quick inspection stations] and publicized the inspection results.
From farmland to dining tables, the government is strengthening supervision. Of course, there is no denying that it is still inevitable to slip through the net.
Regular shops and supermarkets sell vegetables and fruits more strictly than small traders. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, it is still necessary to purchase them through regular channels.
In addition, I recommend you three effective methods to remove pesticide residues:
- Cleaning: Rinse under tap water for more than 30 seconds, And with scrubbing, most pesticide residues will be removed. Peeling: Even if some pesticides can penetrate into the skin, they are mainly distributed in the skin. Therefore, peeling is recommended for fruits and vegetables that can be peeled. Blanching: Generally speaking, heating will promote the degradation of pesticide residues. Release the water and scald it to take it out, which is efficient and has less damage to nutrients, especially suitable for most vegetables.