Pesticide residue in vegetables and the state

Twenty-five percent of the vegetables and fruits we eat contain pesticides ? in other words, chemical residue, at a level much higher than acceptable, Akdeniz University has said. In a study the university has been conducting for three years, it was found that the rate of contaminated vegetables and fruit were increasing every year. Pesticides cause hormonal imbalances, obesity, digestive system problems, deterioration in the immune system and other health problems.
  
On the other hand, the Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry claimed that the information was false and that this rate was 1 percent at most.

The first problem here is that even if we take the ministry?s data as our base, then already tons of vegetables and fruit full of pesticides are on the market, making us sick. 

The second problem is that, just like many people who have read this story, I trust the university?s research more than I trust the ministry. We have seen so much fraud, false information, favoritism and irregularities in this country for years that one would naturally think, ?With no trace of impartiality, justice and law left in any matter, why would the standard of pesticides in vegetables stay firmly intact in this environment?? 

Here is another example: The waters of the blue-flag beach at Karamürsel, in Kocaeli on the Marmara Sea, have turned orange! There was an algae bloom in the water. The increase in the algae was caused by pollution. Seaweed feed on the food provided by household or industrial residues dumped in the water and they rapidly reproduce and then die because of the increase in the pH level.  

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