FOOD ADULTERATION :THE MOST THREATENING FOR OUR HEALTH

Man cannot live without food. It is essential for health and life. But this food must be pure, clean and fresh. Nowadays foods are often adulterated. Generally the act of adulteration is intentional. The major reason for food adulteration is excessive greed of some dishonest businessmen .They want to increase the profit margin on the expense of the health of the public or the consumer. When profit in business is more important than morality, then it is possible to add the poisoning contents to the foods and beverages. They use chemical substances to reduce manufacturing cost , preserve food item for a long time, or for some deceptive or malicious purposes . Food adulteration creates a lot of health problems in the people .Use of formalin creates various liver damaging diseases like liver cirrhosis. Urea and other nitrogenous products cause different types of kidney diseases specially in the case of children .Oleomargarine that is used in butter contains low density lipo-protein that causes atherosclerosis and heart disease. Dead chicken in hotel and restaurants may contain germs of various diseases and may produce infection .Artificial colourants contain a lot of toxic like copper ,zinc, indigo which are carcinogenic and may produce cancer .The concerning authority should create consciousness among the masses in all the countries. Strict laws should be enacted by the government of each country with the provision of capital punishment. It is encouraging that governments of some countries has taken appropriate measures to remove this problem, punish the criminals and save the people from this dreadful scourge. It should be dealt with international co-operation among all nations to make a fatal disease free world.

THE LIFE GIVING FOOD IS GRASPING LIFE