Illegal pesticides pose questions on rice safety


Sheridan Mahavera

The lush padi fields of Kedah and Perlis come at a price as farmers have to deal with problems, such as weedy rice (Oryza sativa) and attacks of golden apple snails. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 16, 2018.

THE lush padi fields of Kedah and Perlis hide a dirty and potentially harmful secret. A secret that is on the plate of every Malaysian who eats local rice.

For the past six to seven years, rice growers throughout the two states have been pouring illegal pesticides smuggled from China on their crops to weed out siput gondang (golden apple snails)


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Comments


  • How are these chemicals getting past the enforcement agencies?

    Posted 5 years ago by Ravinder Singh

  • Can MADA officials get up from their cosy chairs and get down to the bottom of this. Don't be too proud of yourself if you can find a suitable solution the least you could do is ask and seek helps from your counter part in Thailand. Is that too much to ask?? We are talking about the nation health interest here.

    Posted 5 years ago by Teruna Kelana