This is the first time that the quality and safety of agricultural products have occurred since the establishment of Jiagu, which has attracted great attention from the management.

"The 100,000 mu of 'Jiaindica No. 1' rice that we have cooperated in promoting and planting in Shuangmu County, Jiangyou Province, has been detected to have excessive cadmium content, and the cause of the pollution is unknown...... At the meeting, Wang Yuye first reported the "rice heavy metal pollution incident".

Everyone knows the dangers of cadmium rice.

After cadmium is enriched in the human body, it will cause chronic poisoning, block the metabolism of bones, cause a series of symptoms such as osteoporosis, atrophy, and deformation, and then lead to osteomalacia, pain all over the body, known as "pain disease".

And that's just one of the more serious harms.

Zhang Zehong, head of the public relations department, first frowned and said: "Our rice planting base is obviously not close to the mine, and there are no heavy metal enterprises around, how can cadmium be detected to exceed the standard?"

Chen Jianzhang, a Jiagu lab boss, explains: "Most of the cadmium pollution comes from mining, but it doesn't necessarily need to be directly close to mines and industrial areas. For example, cadmium is present in the exhaust gases emitted by factories, which can be sedimented into farmland through atmospheric sedimentation, even over long distances. In addition, some fertilizers also contain the heavy metal cadmium......"

"In fact, our laboratory has been maintaining a nationwide soil sampling survey, and the results show that the overall soil environmental situation in the country is not optimistic, with heavy soil pollution in some areas, worrying about the soil environmental quality of cultivated land, and the soil environmental problems of industrial and mining waste land are particularly prominent. ”

"The total point exceedance rate of the national soil is 16.1%. In other words, the contaminated soil in China accounts for about 1/6 of the total sampled soil. The pollution of cadmium, mercury and arsenic, three types of heavy metals, is more serious in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiangyou Province is no exception. ”

Jiagu's top management knew that the laboratory's large-scale soil sampling survey was a last resort. After all, with the expansion of Jiagu's agricultural territory, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, soil pollution incidents are frequent, and it is easy to push yourself to the forefront of public opinion if you are not careful.

The massive exploitation of mines, the comprehensive application of fossil energy, and the rapid development of the metal smelting industry, while environmental protection measures have not simultaneously controlled the discharge of harmful heavy metals into the environment, resulting in a large number of heavy metals entering the soil for decades......

In order to avoid "toxic land development", Jiagu has invested heavily in soil testing, but now it seems that it is still impossible to escape the harm after all.

On the other hand, it is precisely because of the complete soil testing system that the "cadmium rice contamination" was detected before the rice was harvested.

Qi Zheng rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile: "In the past, our planting scale was small, and we could choose to take refuge, but now, with our planting bases all over the country, it is inevitable to face difficulties." ”

The safety of rice is highly related to its ecological environment.

In the past, most of the Jiagu planting bases chose areas with beautiful environments. On the one hand, there are fewer sources of heavy metals in these areas, on the other hand, the proportion of organic fertilizer in fertilizer application is relatively high, the safety of organic fertilizer is also higher, and the soil is not easy to compact.

Jiagu also maintains a green planting model, although a lot of substances are added to fertilize every year, but most of them are organic fertilizer, and the soil is becoming more and more fertile, but it is becoming safer and safer. According to the census data, the cadmium content of the soil in the Jiagu planting base is very low, with an average content of only 0.053 mg/kg.

However, iron-clad facts prove that as long as they are still on the same land, no one can be left alone.

"We should be glad that we discovered the existence of cadmium rice in advance, at least grasped the initiative, instead of waiting for others to detect it after it was listed......," Wang Yuye remained calm.

Ding Xian of the Strategy Department read the test report and said hesitantly: "...... In fact, the cadmium standard of this batch of rice is only 0.21 mg/kg, compared with the national standard of 0.2 mg/kg, which can only be said to be slightly exceeded, not inedible. It is important to know that the island countries and the Bay Island region, which also rely on rice as a staple food, have a cadmium limit of 0.4 mg/kg for their rice......"

Qi Zheng solemnly waved his hand to interrupt Ding Xian's words: "Needless to say, even if it exceeds the standard a little bit, unqualified is unqualified, I will never allow any unqualified products to flow from our hands to the market, do agriculture and food, we must not forget the responsibility!"

He understood what Ding Xian meant. There is no uniform standard for the amount of cadmium in rice around the world. China's standard is the same as that of the European Union, which is that the cadmium content of each kilogram of rice cannot exceed 0.2 milligrams, while the United Nations Food Standards Commission stipulates that the cadmium content of each kilogram of rice should not exceed 0.4 milligrams.

But Qi Zheng was unequivocal.

In his view, the reason why our country implements relatively strict cadmium standards for rice is because rice is the main source of cadmium in the diet of Chinese residents, which is different from the diet structure of countries with wide international standards. In order to protect the health of the people, controlling the cadmium content of rice can control the dietary exposure of almost half of the Chinese people to cadmium.

As Jiagu, which aspires to become a leading domestic grain merchant, can only be stricter in terms of relevant standards, and cannot pass the test in an ambiguous manner.

"After this batch of contaminated rice is recovered, it will be disposed of according to the purpose of use if it can be used for feed and industrial purposes, and everything that should be destroyed will be destroyed, and I will personally supervise it at that time. Qi Zheng said undoubtedly.

100,000 mu of "Jiaindica No. 1" rice, with an output of more than 50,000 tons, because it has signed a procurement contract with the cooperative, naturally it cannot be ruined;

However, such losses cannot be avoided, let alone lost because of small losses.

Ding Xian only mentioned this, seeing that Qi Zheng was resolute, everyone had no objections.

So the focus is back to the source of the pollution.

"The fundamental way to control cadmium pollution and ensure the safety of our rice is to identify and cut off the source of pollution. Wang Yuye turned to Chen Jianzhang and instructed: "Old Chen, I will ask the Strategic Information Department to cooperate with your laboratory to find out the source of pollution as soon as possible." ”

"No problem!" Chen Jianzhang responded briskly.

In fact, the cause of the pollution is not complicated, and with the cooperation of the Ministry of Information and the laboratory, the target was quickly established, and after on-site visits and investigations, the source of the pollution pointed to a neighboring county.

After receiving the investigation report, even Wang Yuye couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In other words, this pollution was just caused by an accident?

Qi Zheng was also speechless, looking at one of the conclusions given by the laboratory: "Rice is the cereal crop with the strongest cadmium absorption, and in general, the cadmium absorption capacity of indica rice and the cadmium content of rice will be higher than that of japonica rice." The 'Jia Indica No. 1' cultivated by the group has a strong ability to absorb experience, and its cadmium absorption capacity is also higher than that of ordinary rice ......"

What is this? Is it a sin to be emotionally good?

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