Ezinye izithelo nemifino zingenwa kalula yizibulala-zinambuzane nezinsalela zamakhemikhali, ngakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukuzigeza kahle ngaphambi kokuzidla.
Ukugeza yonke imifino ngaphambi kokudla kuyindlela elula yokukhipha ukungcola, amagciwane, nezinsalelaizibulala-zinambuzane.
Intwasahlobo yisikhathi esihle sokuvuselela indawo yakho nemikhuba. Ngenkathi uhlanza amakhabethe akho futhi ukhuhla ama-baseboards akho, ungakhohlwa ukubeka iso ekhabetheni lakho lomkhiqizo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uthenga engxenyeni yezinto eziphilayo esitolo sakho segrosa, emakethe yabalimi yangakini, noma u-oda umkhiqizo omusha ukuze ulethwe, umthetho obaluleke kakhulu usasebenza: geza izithelo nemifino yakho.
Nakuba ukudla okuningi emashalofini esitolo segrosa kuphephile ukuba kungadliwa, kungase kuqukethe imikhondo yezibulala-zinambuzane, ukungcola, namagciwane. Okuhle wukuthi akumele uthuke. Ngokohlelo lwedatha ye-Pesticide Data Programme (PDF) yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-99 okudla okuhloliwe kuhlangabezana nezindinganiso zokuphepha ze-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), futhi ngaphezu kwekota azinazo nhlobo izinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane.
Kodwa-ke, njengengxenye yokululama kwakho kwentwasahlobo, ukungena emkhubeni wokugeza yonke imikhiqizo ngaphambi kokudla kuyisinyathelo esihlakaniphile sempilo yakho nokuthula kwengqondo.
Ukuze kucace, amanye amakhemikhali nezibulala-zinambuzane kuphephe ngokuphelele ukushiywa. Futhi akuwona wonke amakhemikhali ayingozi, ngakho ungathuki ngokuzayo lapho ukhohlwa ukugeza izithelo nemifino yakho. Uzophila, futhi namathuba okugula mancane kakhulu. Sesikushilo lokho, kunezinye izinkinga okufanele sikhathazeke ngazo, njengezingozi zamagciwane nezisihla ezifana ne-salmonella, i-listeria, i-E. coli, namagciwane avela ezandleni zabanye abantu.
Ezinye izinhlobo zomkhiqizo cishe zizoqukatha izinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane eziphikelelayo kunezinye. Ukuze usize abathengi babone ukuthi yiziphi izithelo nemifino equkethe izinsalela eziningi zezibulala-zinambuzane, i-Environmental Working Group, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yokuphepha kokudla, ishicilele uhlu olubizwa ngokuthi “I-Dirty Dozen.” Leli qembu lihlole amasampula angu-47,510 ezinhlobo ezingu-46 zezithelo nemifino ezihlolwe yi-US Food and Drug Administration kanye noMnyango Wezolimo wase-US, lathola lezo ezazinezinga eliphezulu lezinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane ngesikhathi zidayiswa.
Kodwa yisiphi isithelo, ngokocwaningo lwakamuva lwe-Dirty Dozen, olunezinsalela eziningi zezibulala-zinambuzane? Ama-Strawberries. Kunzima ukukukholelwa, kodwa inani eliphelele lamakhemikhali atholakala kuleli jikijolo elidumile lalingaphezu kwanoma yisiphi esinye isithelo noma imifino ehlaziywe.
Ngezansi uzothola ukudla okuyi-12 okungenzeka ukuthi kuqukethe izibulala-zinambuzane kanye nokudla okungu-15 okungenzeka ukuthi kungcoliswe.
I-Dirty Dozen iyinkomba enhle yokukhumbuza abathengi ukuthi yiziphi izithelo nemifino edinga ukugezwa ngokuphelele. Ngisho nokugeza ngokushesha ngamanzi noma isifutho sokuhlanza kungasiza.
Futhi ungagwema izingozi eziningi ezingaba khona ngokuthenga izithelo nemifino ephilayo eqinisekisiwe, engenazo izibulala-zinambuzane zezolimo. Ukwazi ukuthi yikuphi ukudla okungenzeka ukuthi kuqukethe izibulala-zinambuzane kungakusiza unqume ukuchitha imali eyengeziwe emikhiqizweni ephilayo. Njengoba ngifundile lapho ngihlaziya amanani entengo yemikhiqizo ephilayo nengeyona eyemvelo, awekho phezulu njengoba ungase ucabange.
Imikhiqizo enezingubo zokuvikela zemvelo mancane amathuba okuthi iqukethe izibulala-zinambuzane ezingase zibe yingozi.
I-Clean 15 yayinamazinga aphansi okungcoliswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane kuwo wonke amasampula ahloliwe, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi ayengenakho nhlobo ukungcoliswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane. Yiqiniso, lokho akusho ukuthi izithelo nemifino oyiletha ekhaya ayinakho ukungcola kwamagciwane. Ngokwezibalo, kuphephile ukudla umkhiqizo ongageziwe osuka ku-Clean 15 kunokusuka ku-Dirty Dozen, kodwa kusewumthetho omuhle ukugeza zonke izithelo nemifino ngaphambi kokudla.
Indlela yokusebenza ye-EWG ihlanganisa izinkomba eziyisithupha zokungcoliswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane. Ukuhlaziywa kugxile ekutheni yiziphi izithelo nemifino okungenzeka kakhulu kuqukethe isibulala-zinambuzane esisodwa noma ngaphezulu, kodwa akuzange kulinganise amazinga anoma yisiphi isibulala-zinambuzane emikhiqizweni ethile. Ungafunda kabanzi mayelana ne-Dirty Dozen embikweni wocwaningo oshicilelwe we-EWG lapha.
Kumasampula okuhlola ahlaziywayo, iQembu Elisebenzayo Lezemvelo lithole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-95 amasampula ezithelo nemifino e-"Dirty Dozen" agcotshwe ngezibulala-fungi ezingaba yingozi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, cishe amaphesenti angu-65 amasampula ezithelo nemifino “ahlanzekile ayishumi nanhlanu” ayengenawo ama-fungicides.
I-Environmental Working Group ithole izinhlobonhlobo zezibulala-zinambuzane lapho ihlaziya amasampula okuhlola futhi yathola ukuthi izibulala-zinambuzane ezine kwezinhlanu ezivame kakhulu zingama-fungicides angaba yingozi: i-fludioxonil, i-pyraclostrobin, i-boscalid ne-pyrimethanil.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Apr-22-2025