Arsenic imapezeka mu nyama ya nkhuku yaku US

Bungwe la US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) linazindikira patapita zaka zingapo kuti nyama ya nkhuku yogulitsidwa ku US inali ndi arsenic, mankhwala oopsa omwe amachititsa khansa pa mlingo waukulu. Mankhwala oopsawa amawathira dala ku chakudya cha nkhuku. Motero, m’zaka 60 zapitazi, anthu a ku America amene amadya nkhuku alandira mlingo kapena mankhwala ena oyambitsa khansa. Phunziroli lisanachitike, makampani opanga nkhuku ndi FDA adakana kuti arsenic yoperekedwa ku nkhuku idalowetsedwa mu nyama yawo. Kwa zaka 60, anthu ku United States amauzidwa kuti “arsenic imachotsedwa m’thupi la nkhuku ndi ndowe.” Panalibe maziko asayansi a mawu awa - malonda a nkhuku ankangofuna kuti akhulupirire. Tsopano popeza umboniwu ndi womveka bwino, wopanga chakudya cha nkhuku Roxarzon wachotsa mankhwalawo pamashelefu. Chodabwitsa, Pfizer, wopanga yemwe wakhala akuwonjezera arsenic ku chakudya cha nkhuku nthawi yonseyi, ndi kampani yomwe imapanga katemera wokhala ndi mankhwala owonjezera kwa ana. Scott Brown, wa Pfizer's Development and Veterinary Research Division, adati kampaniyo yagulitsa mankhwalawo ku mayiko ena ambiri. Komabe, ngakhale opanga ena akuletsa kugulitsa nkhuku, a FDA akupitiriza kunena kuti arsenic mu nyama ya nkhuku ndi yochepa komanso yotetezeka kudyedwa. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, ngakhale kutsimikizira ogula kuti nkhuku yolowetsedwa ndi arsenic ndi yotetezeka, a FDA amalengeza kuopsa kwa kumwa madzi a elderberry! Pochita chiwembu chaposachedwa, a FDA adadzudzula opanga juisi kuti amagulitsa mankhwala osaloledwa.  

Siyani Mumakonda