Dangerous food killed tens of thousands in China in 2015: report
According to a new report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), dangerous food caused tens of thousands of deaths in 2015 and a loss to the economy of as much as 5 billion yuan (750 million US dollars).
At least two million acres of farmland across China have been contaminated. Eighty percent of pesticide goes directly into the soil, which poses a direct threat to the vegetables and crops people eat every day.
Besides pollution in cultivating crops, another alarming issue is “gutter oil” – recycled cooking oil.
“Gutter oil causes cancer. But every year, two million to three million tons of gutter oil go back to people’s dining tables,” said CASS official Li Chunhua .
“Many businessmen have lost their minds when it comes to making profits!” said “Jinyanshenxing567”.
“Guanwh610125” blamed improper disposal of trash for much of the pollution: “Besides what’s said in the report, we are enveloped by so much rubbish every day. It is often simply buried in the soil.”“Thanks to antibiotics, a chicken can grow to over four pounds in just a month – and pigs develop little fat but a lot of lean meat. Has anybody thought about how harmful that is to our health?” asked “Qieertuola”.