Environmental protection organizations say Chinese herbal medicines with high toxicity are found in the international market

The environmental protection organization today announced the sampling test of Chinese herbal medicine products produced in China in the markets of seven countries, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom It was found that the samples contained a variety of pesticide residues, even including those classified as highly toxic or highly toxic by the World Health Organization Most of the samples exceeded the EU limit Environmental protection organizations called on the Chinese government to implement the pesticide reduction policy on crops, strengthen the guidance and supervision of pesticide use, and increase policy and financial support for ecological agriculture At the same time, we call on global policy makers to eliminate the environmental destroying chemical farming methods and promote the transformation to ecological agriculture through policy support "Chinese herbal medicine has a large number of fans and consumers both in China and abroad More and more westerners and Chinese people living abroad use Chinese herbal medicine when they choose natural ingredients or therapies However, the results of this survey show that Chinese herbal medicine has become the" victim "of chemical agriculture due to the abuse of agricultural drugs during the cultivation process, which has a potential impact on the health of users I'm sorry for that " Wang Jing, director of Greenpeace food and agriculture program, said During the period from November 2012 to April 2013, Greenpeace purchased seven kinds of commonly used traditional Chinese medicine samples including chrysanthemum price, Lycium price, honeysuckle price, lily price, Panax notoginseng price, jujube price and rose price in seven countries including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom In 36 samples, 35 samples were detected pesticide residues, of which 32 samples detected more than 3 pesticide residues In addition, nearly half of the samples detected pesticides classified as highly toxic by the World Health Organization, such as carbofuran, phorate and Triazophos One or more pesticide residues in 26 samples exceeded the EU MRLs In the "traditional Chinese medicine: investigation report on pesticide pollution of traditional Chinese medicine" released by Greenpeace last week, it also shows that there are serious pesticide residue problems in traditional Chinese medicine products in China's domestic market "Compared with China, the European Union has more strict limits on Chinese herbal medicines, but even so, serious agricultural residues are found in the samples, which shows that terminal detection and policy restrictions are not perfect strategies, and only starting from the source planting can solve the problem." Wang said Greenpeace calls on the Chinese government to earnestly implement the policy of pesticide reduction on crops, strengthen the guidance and supervision of pesticide use, ensure that highly toxic pesticides are not used on traditional Chinese medicine, and increase policy and financial support for ecological agriculture At the same time, it calls on the global policy makers to eliminate the environmental destroying chemical farming methods and promote the transformation to ecological agriculture through policy support, so as to realize the sustainable development of agriculture and environment.