Arsenic mixed 15 containers containing agricultural chemical is out of the ports
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
15 container loads of Glyco-phosphate containing agricultural chemical inclusive of Arsenic and heavy metal has been dispatched from the Colombo ports. Glyco-phosphate has been identified as the main cause for the wide spreading kidney disease in the Rajarata area. Due to this problem the agricultural officers has prohibited to sell this agricultural chemicals containing Glyco-phospate in the Rajarata and Polonnaruwa area. However this appears to be an insignificant remedy for this major catastrophe. Due to the demand of this chemical the farmers of Rajarata goes to Dambulla and purchase this agricultural chemical.
Ravindra Kariyawasam an environmentalist and nature education coordinating officer giving his remarks stated that the authorities should prohibit importing agricultural chemicals such as Glyco-phospate which contains arsenic and heavy metal.
Ravindra Kariyawasam further said
“Instead of stop importing agricultural chemicals the government is paying Rs. 3000 for people who has affected with kidney diseases. That amount is not at all sufficient to buy the required medicine. It is not the proper to give money to buy medicines once the disease is affected. We should take measures to stop this disease getting affected. Unfortunately the officers do not want to do what is required. Even the former regime without stopping importing the chemicals distributed Rs. 3000 for the people affected. Even the current president who came from the Rajarata farmer pedigree who supposedly to understand the grievances of the famers is doing the same.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015“Instead of stop importing agricultural chemicals the government is paying Rs. 3000 for people who has affected with kidney diseases. That amount is not at all sufficient to buy the required medicine. It is not the proper to give money to buy medicines once the disease is affected. We should take measures to stop this disease getting affected. Unfortunately the officers do not want to do what is required. Even the former regime without stopping importing the chemicals distributed Rs. 3000 for the people affected. Even the current president who came from the Rajarata farmer pedigree who supposedly to understand the grievances of the famers is doing the same.
