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1 | Bangladesh Has Formaldehyde to Thank for Its Short Supply of Mangoes This Season | Potehin'ny Polisy ao Bangladesh Ny Voankazo Manga Vokatra Fa Misy Formaldehyde |
2 | Dhaka Metropolitan Police jointly conducted a drive at Hatirpul Bazar against the chemical formalin. | Nidina teny amin'ny Bazarin'ny Hatirpul hiady amin'ny fampiasana formol ny Polisy Metropolitana ao Dhaka. |
3 | Image by Reaz Sumon. | Saripikan'i Reaz Sumon. |
4 | Copyright Demotix (3/6/2014) | Copyright Demotix (3/6/2014) |
5 | Monsoon season in Bangladesh is a delicious time when markets overflow with an abundance of seasonal fruits. | Vanim-potoana mahafinaritra ny vanim-potoana manorana sy mandrivotra (Mousson) ao Bangladesh rehefa heniky ny voankazon'ilay vanim-potoana ny tsena. |
6 | Red lychees, green jackfruits and yellow melons are on colorful display, piled high in baskets and on tables. | Letisia mena, ampalibe maitso ary voatavo mavo eny ambony talantalana miloko isan-karazany, na mivangongo ao anaty harona sy eny ambony latabatra. |
7 | The sweet, fleshy mango is especially sought after, but this year the fruit is harder to find due to a police drive to control the misuse of formalin, a strong solution of formaldehyde used to preserve produce (traditionally used to preserve dead bodies). | Tadiavina manokana ny manga mamy sy be nofony, saingy sarotra ny nitady azy tamin'ity taona ity noho ny fidinan'ny polisy hisava ny fampiasana tsy amin'antony ny formol, raiki-pohy matanjaka avy amin'ny formaldehyde ampiasaina hitehirizana vokatra (fantatra amin'ny fampiasana azy hitehirizana faty). |
8 | Last month, police set up mobile formalin-detection units, confiscating and destroying truck loads of locally produced and imported fruits. | Tamin'ny volana lasa teo, nanangana vondrona afa-mihetsika haingana hitsapa ny tahan'ny formol ny polisy, nandraoka sy namotika entana vokatra eto an-toerana sy nohafarana avy any ivelany efa voafatratra. |
9 | Fruits can naturally contain 0. | Ara-boajanahary ny voankazo dia miaty formol 0. |
10 | 03-0.15 part per million (ppm) of formalin, but the police drive against formalin, which primarily targeted the seasonal fruits, found the level between 3.5 ppm to 46 ppm in fruit found at markets in the country's capital Dhaka. | 03-0.15 part per million (ppm), saingy niditra an-tsehatra miady amin'ny (fampiasana) formol ny polisy, izay mikendry voalohany indrindra ireo voankazon'ny vanim-potoana, izay nahita tahan'ny formol anelanelan'ny 3.5 ppm ka hatramin'ny 46 ppm amin'ny voankazo hita ao an-tsenan'ny renivohitry ny firenena ao Dhaka. |
11 | There, police set up checkposts at entry points into the city to check for contaminated fruit. | Teo ny polisy dia nametraka toeram-pisavana teny amin'ny toerana miditra ny tanàna mitady voankazo efa betsaka formol. |
12 | Formaldehyde is highly toxic. | Poizina mahery ny Formaldehyde. |
13 | Ingesting only 30 mL of a solution containing 37 percent formaldehyde can kill a human. | Mahafaty olona ny fampidirana 30 mL monja amin'ny taharo miaty formaldehyde 37 isanjato. |
14 | In the past few years in Bangladesh, formalin has been used without limits on vegetables, fruits, meats and other putrescent foods to prevent them from rotting. | Tao anatin'ny taona vitsivitsy izay tao Bangladesh, dia nampiasaina tsy misy fatrany tamin'ny hani-maitso, voankazo, hena ary ireo zavatra mety mora lò ny formol. |
15 | On 30 June, 2014, the country's cabinet approved a draft law that calls for a maximum punishment of life in prison and a hefty fine for formalin abuse and unauthorized trading. | Tamin'ny 30 Jona 2014, nandany ny volavolan-dalàna mametraka ny sazy fanagadrana ela indrindra sy onitra mavesatra dia mavesatra noho ny fampiasana tafahoatra ny formol sy varotra tsy ara-dalàna ny filankevitry ny minisitra ao amin'ny firenena. |
16 | Journalist and blogger Anis Raihan at Istishon blog described how mangoes are treated with formalin: | Mpanoratra gazety sady blaogera Anis Raihan ao amin'ny blaogy Istishon mitantara ny fomba ikarakarana ny manga amin'ny alalan'ny formol: |
17 | When the mangoes are plucked they are sprayed with the first dose of formalin. | Rehefa notazana ny manga dia tondrahana ny daozina formol voalohany. |
18 | Then they are packed and transported to the cities. | Avy eo dia afatratra sy entina any an-tanàna. |
19 | The first dose is to cover the delays in the transport to prevent them from rotting. | Ny daozy voalohany dia entina hanentsenana ny fahatarana amin'ny fitondrana azy sy hisorohana azy tsy ho lò. |
20 | After arrival the traders check whether the mangoes are intact or show signs of rotting and spray another dose if necessary to keep them fresh till they are distributed to retailers, who start to sell the mangoes as they receive them. | Rehefa tonga dia manamarina ny mpamongady raha tsy maninona ny manga na mampiseho endrika fahalòvana ary dia manondraka daozy hafa indray raha ilaina mba hitehirizana azy ireo ho mangatsiatsiaka mandra-pizarazara azy eny amin'ny mpaninjara, izay mivarotra ny manga araka izay nandraisany azy. |
21 | However, if the mangoes show signs of rotting when they are received, the retailers spray another dose of formalin. | Nefa, raha mampiseho endrika fahalòvana ny manga eo ampandraisan-dry zareo azy dia manatsifotra daozina formol hafa indray ry zareo |
22 | Fruit sellers haven't been happy about their loss of produce. | Tsy faly amin'ny fahaverezan'ny vokatra ny mpivaro-boankazo. |
23 | In the port city Chittagong, the fruit sellers association went on strike for several hours, claiming that police have been harassing them by testing the fruits with inadequate machines. | Ao amin'ny seranan'ny tanànan'i Chittagong, nitokona nandritra ny ora maromaro ny mpivarotra voankazo, milaza fa manorisory loatra azy ireo amin'ny fitsapana ny voankazo amin'ny milina tsy mifanaraka amin'izany ny polisy. |
24 | Contaminated food is an issue in Bangladesh. | Raharaha manahirana any Bangladesh ny sakafo voapoizina. |
25 | In 2012, the deaths of 14 children in Dinajpur after eating lychees tainted with pesticides sparked uproar in the country. | Tamin'ny 2012, niteraka fitroarana manerana ny firenena ny fahafatesan'ankizy 14 tao Dinajpur rehefa nihinana letisia miaty famonoam-boalavo. |
26 | A recent study conducted by the Bangladesh government and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations showed that in Bangladesh more than 40 percent of foods contains banned pesticides. | Nisy fanadihadiana vao haingana nataon'ny governemantan'i Bangladesh miaraka amin'ny FAO avy ao amin'ny Firenena Mikambana nampiseho fa mihoatra ny 40 isanjaton'ny sakafo ao Bangladesh no miaty famonoam-boalavo voarara. |
27 | Toxic substances in the food samples was three to 20 times the limits set by the European Union. | Ny taharom-poizina ao amin'ny sakafo notsongaina dia in-telo ka hatramin'ny in-20 avo heny amin'ny fetra natsangan'ny Vondrona Eoropeana. |
28 | In the same report, 50 percent of vegetables and 35 percent of fruits have been declared unsafe. | Ao amin'io tatitra io ihany, 50 isanjato amin'ny hani-maitso sy 35 isanjaton'ny voankazo no nambara fa tsy mahasalama. |
29 | The mango and fresh shrimp samples contained the highest level of formalin. | Ny manga sy ny patsabe mbola lena notsongaina no nahitana tahana formol avo indrindra. |
30 | Police destroying fruit contaminated with formalin. | Polisy eo ampamotehana voankazo misy formol. |
31 | Image by Reaz Sumon. | Saripikn'i Reaz Sumon. |
32 | Copyright Demotix (3/6/2014) | Copyright Demotix (3/6/2014) |
33 | A group of activists arranged a protest called “Stop poisoning us” last May and urged to the government to take proper measures. | Nisy vondrona mpikatroka iray nandamina hetsi-panoherana iray antsoina hoe “Atsaharo ny fanapoizinana anay” tamin'ny volana mey teo ary nandrisika ny governemanta handray fepetra mifanaraka amin'izany. |
34 | One doctor, Dr. Shafiq, opined in Facebook that there should be stricter law against use of formalin. | Dokotera iray, Dr. Shafiq, namoaka hevitra tao amin'ny Facebook fa tokony hisy lalàna henjana kokoa entina miady amin'ny fampiasana formol. |
35 | Blogger Kobid shared a shocking statistic related to contaminated food in Bangladesh: | Blaogera Kobid nizara antotanisa mampitsangam-bolo mifandraika amin'ny sakafo voipoizina ao Bangladesh: |
36 | Each year almost 5.7 million people face health hazards due to adulterated food. | Manakaiky ny 5,7 tapitrisa isan-taona ny olona marefo ara-pahasalamana noho ny sakafo tsy ara-boajanahary. |
37 | According to statistics from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, almost 40 percent of deaths in 2010 were due to illness caused directly or indirectly by adulterated food. | Araka ny tarehimarika avy ao amin'ny Biraon'ny Antotanisa Bangladesh, manakaiky ny 40 isanjaton'ny fahafatesana tamin'ny 2010 dia vokatry ny aretina avy amin'ny sakafo tsy ara-boanajahary intsony na mivantana na ankolaka. |
38 | Shahadat, a blogger, didn't mince words in describing the people who sell food contaminated with unsafe chemicals: | Tsy nifidy teny namatrapatraka ny blaogera Shahadat, tamin'ny filazana ireo olona mivarotra sakafo voapoizina misy fanafody tsy mahasalama: |
39 | Not only in human food, adulterating food for any living being is cruel. | Tsy amin'ny sakafon'olombelona ihany, tsimifaditrovana ny manome sakafo tsy ara-boajanahary intsony amin'ny zava-manan'aina. |
40 | The people who resort to this slow poisoning are not humans, but human-like animals. | Tsy olombelona ireo mampiasa ity fanapoizinana tsikelikely ity fa biby manana bika aman'endrika olombelona. |
41 | But the issue is a little more complicated than that. | Fa mbola sarotra kokoa noho izany ny adihevitra. |
42 | As writer and columnist Tahmina Anam pointed out in The New York Times, the rural poor are the ones growing the fruit, which are then sold in urban areas. | Araka ny navoitran'ny mpanoratra sady mpanao matoandahatsoratra Tahmina Anam ao amin'ny The New York Times, ny any ambanivohitra mahantra no mamokatra ny voankazo, izay amidy any amin'ny faritra an-drenivohitra. |
43 | Transport is costly for small growers and risky because of non-air-conditioned trucks and road delays caused by traffic jams, strikes or road conditions. | Lafo ny fitaterana ho an'ny mpamokatra kely ary saropady noho ny tsy fisian'ny fiara sahaza ametrahana ny vokatra sy ny fanemoram-potoana eny an-dalana vokatry ny fitohanan'ny fiara, fitokonana ary ny faharatsian'ny lalana. |
44 | Formalin ensures they won't lose their produce, but at the cost of people's health. | Ny formol no antoka ho azy ireo fa tsy ho very ny vokatra avy amin'izy ireo, fa ny tambin'izany kosa dia ny fahasalamam-bahoaka |
45 | Tighter regulations on the chemical's use will solve the adulteration problem today, but not the transport issues - and growers' desire for a workaround, chemical or otherwise. | Hamaha ny olan'ny sakafo lasa tsy ara-boajanahary intsony amin'izao fotoana izao ny fanenjanana ny fepetra amin'ny lalànan'ny fampiasana fanafody, saingy tsy hahavaha ny olan'ny fitaterana - ary ny fanirian'ny mpamokatra dia ny vahaolana amin'izany, na fanafody io na zavatra hafa. |