Chlormequat sananne nemai sarrafa girma shukaana amfani da shi don ƙarfafa tsarin shuka da sauƙaƙe girbi. Sai dai a yanzu haka ana ci gaba da bincike kan sinadarin a masana'antar abinci ta Amurka sakamakon yadda aka gano ba zato ba tsammani da kuma yaduwa a hannun jarin hatsin Amurka. Duk da hana amfanin amfanin gona a Amurka, an samu chlormequat a cikin kayayyakin oat da yawa da ake samu don siya a duk faɗin ƙasar.
An bayyana yaduwar chlormequat da farko ta hanyar bincike da binciken da kungiyar Ayyukan Muhalli (EWG) ta gudanar, wanda, a cikin wani binciken da aka buga kwanan nan a cikin Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, ya gano cewa a cikin lokuta biyar an gano chlormequat a cikin samfuran fitsari. hudu daga cikinsu. mahalarta hudu. .
Alexis Temkin, masanin kimiyyar guba tare da rukunin Aiki na Muhalli, ya bayyana damuwa game da yuwuwar tasirin lafiyar chlormequat, yana mai cewa: “Yin amfani da wannan maganin kashe qwari da ba a yi nazari ba a cikin mutane yana da wahala a iya sarrafa shi. kowa ma ya san an ci shi. "
Binciken da aka gano cewa matakan chlormequat a cikin kayan abinci na yau da kullun daga wanda ba a iya ganowa zuwa 291 μg/kg ya haifar da muhawara game da yuwuwar tasirin kiwon lafiya ga masu amfani, musamman tunda chlormequat yana da alaƙa da sakamako mara kyau na haifuwa da mummunan sakamakon haihuwa a cikin nazarin dabbobi. ga matsalolin ci gaban tayin.
Kodayake matsayin Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka (EPA) shine chlormequat yana haifar da ƙarancin haɗari idan aka yi amfani da shi kamar yadda aka ba da shawarar, kasancewar sa a cikin shahararrun samfuran hatsi kamar Cheerios da Quaker Oats yana da damuwa. Wannan halin da ake ciki yana buƙatar ƙarin tsauri da cikakkiyar hanya don sa ido kan wadatar abinci, da kuma zurfin nazarin ilimin guba da cututtukan cututtuka don tantance yuwuwar haɗarin lafiya da ke tattare da bayyanar chlormequat.
Babban matsalar ta ta'allaka ne a cikin tsarin tsari da kulawa da amfani da masu kula da girma da magungunan kashe kwari wajen samar da amfanin gona. Gano chlormequat a cikin kayan oat na cikin gida (duk da matsayin da aka haramta) yana kwatanta gazawar tsarin yau da kullun kuma yana nuna buƙatar tsauraran dokokin da ake da su da kuma ƙila haɓaka sabbin jagororin kiwon lafiyar jama'a.
Temkin ya jaddada mahimmancin ƙa'ida, yana mai cewa, "Gwamnatin tarayya na taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da sa ido, bincike, da kuma daidaita magungunan kashe kwari. Amma duk da haka Hukumar Kare Muhalli na ci gaba da yin watsi da aikinta na kare yara daga sinadarai a cikin abincinsu. Alhakin haɗarin haɗari." haxarin kiwon lafiya daga sinadarai masu guba irin su chlormequat.”
Har ila yau, wannan yanayin yana nuna mahimmancin wayar da kan masu amfani da ita da kuma rawar da yake takawa wajen bayar da shawarwarin kiwon lafiyar jama'a. Sanarwa masu siye da ke damuwa game da yuwuwar haɗarin kiwon lafiya da ke da alaƙa da chlormequat suna ƙara juyowa zuwa samfuran oat na halitta a matsayin rigakafin don rage fallasa wannan da sauran sinadarai masu damuwa. Wannan sauye-sauye ba wai kawai yana nuna kyakkyawar hanya ga lafiya ba, har ma yana nuna buƙatu mai fa'ida ga fayyace da aminci a ayyukan samar da abinci.
Gano chlormequat a cikin samar da oat na Amurka batu ne da ya shafi bangarori da dama da suka shafi ka'idoji, lafiyar jama'a, da kariyar masu amfani. Magance wannan matsala yadda ya kamata na bukatar hadin gwiwa tsakanin hukumomin gwamnati da bangaren noma da jama'a don tabbatar da samar da abinci mai inganci da gurbataccen iska.
A cikin Afrilu 2023, a cikin martani ga aikace-aikacen 2019 da masana'antar chlormequat Taminco ta shigar, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Biden ta ba da shawarar ba da izinin amfani da chlormequat a cikin sha'ir na Amurka, hatsi, triticale da alkama a karon farko, amma EWG ya yi adawa da shirin. Har yanzu ba a kammala ka'idojin da aka tsara ba.
Yayin da bincike ke ci gaba da bayyana yuwuwar tasirin chlormequat da sauran sinadarai makamantansu, samar da ingantattun dabaru don kare lafiyar mabukaci ba tare da lalata mutunci da dorewar tsarin samar da abinci ba dole ne ya zama fifiko.
Cibiyar Abinci ta kasance farkon "tushen tsayawa ɗaya" ga shugabannin masana'antar abinci fiye da shekaru 90, tana ba da bayanai masu aiki ta hanyar sabunta imel na yau da kullun, rahotannin Cibiyar Abinci ta mako-mako da babban ɗakin karatu na bincike kan layi. Hanyoyin tattara bayanan mu sun wuce “binciken kalmomi masu sauƙi.”
Lokacin aikawa: Agusta-28-2024