Mazhou: the peeling business of medicinal materials is hot in the harvest season

With the local Chinese herbal medicines such as white peony and peony in Bozhou continue to enter the harvest season, at this time of every year, it is not only the pharmaceutical farmers who are happy to blossom, but also the workshop owners who are specialized in the peeling business of herbal medicines Listening to the "clatter, clatter" of the medicine in the peeling machine, pulling a water pipe to wash the peeled medicine white instantly, they may not realize that the black water containing a lot of pigment is discharged directly, which has caused pollution to the environment and groundwater In the harvest season, the peeling business of medicinal materials was very hot on the afternoon of October 21 The reporter came to a peeling place of medicinal materials in xiaonai village, Huatuo Town, Qiaocheng district There were 6 peeling machines in total Because of the late weather, there were not many people coming to peel medicinal materials, only 3 machines were running Before a machine, a shovel was held in one hand, and a pile of peony was being sent to the peeling machine According to a druggist who often comes here for business, there are many farmers planting medicine in this town, and there are many people operating medicine business, so the medicine peeling business is very good in this season, such as white peony, peony, and Trichosanthes Now it has entered the off-season The most popular business should be when the Chinese herbal medicines are harvested in a centralized way Sometimes all the machines run at the same time and have to wait in line It is understood that compared with the traditional manual peeling, this kind of peeling method is economical and fast, which is the most popular at present With the local peony, peony and other Chinese herbal medicines have entered the harvest season, many workshop owners who are engaged in the peeling business of herbal medicines will be happy to have flowers on their faces And there are desquamate spots like this in 19 Li, 18 Li, Wuma, Sandu and other towns The sewage was discharged directly, and the dry ditch turned into a black river for a while Only one person with a water pipe filled the running peeling machine with water At this time, the purple black water began to gush out from the bottom of the machine mouth Reporter observation found that the whole peeling process is actually very simple, using the friction between the river sand and the medicine to peel First, send the herbs and river sand into the peeling machine, turn on the power supply and stir it After about ten minutes, inject a large amount of water The peeled herbs will pour out of the machine with the continuous water flow Finally, the machine will turn upside down, and the herbs of white flowers will "come out" River sand is precipitated because of its high density, so where are those black waters? Along the direction of the water flow, the reporter found that the east of the workshop is arable land There is a long dry ditch at the south end of the ground, and the sewage is directly discharged there After long-term accumulation, a section of the upstream ditch has formed a black solid, while the downstream is full of black water, forming a long "black river" With the smell of the road, the reporter went east for a while and found that the length of the black river was more than 300 meters From the black traces left on both sides above the water surface, part of the black water has infiltrated into the ground or been evaporated Suspected of pollution, more than 100 peeling machines were stopped by Qiaocheng District Environmental Protection Bureau, a person in charge told reporters that the water added to the peeling of medicinal materials does not contain toxic substances, but the pigment content is relatively serious, and direct discharge will cause inorganic (physical) pollution to the environment and groundwater According to the regulations, this kind of water can only be discharged after sedimentation, filtration, decolorization and other treatment Qiaocheng District Environmental Protection Bureau is currently carrying out the supervision and treatment of the phenomenon of peeling and pollution discharge of traditional Chinese medicine, and has just closed more than ten peeling machines along the Shatu town Because these processing points are workshop style, there are many points and wide areas, so it is difficult to manage them The staff of environmental protection department are arranging one by one to strengthen the treatment Up to now, more than 100 peeling machines in Qiaocheng district have been stopped for suspected pollution.