Food Pollution And Its Bad Effects On Health

Food pollution, commonly known as food contamination and adulteration, happens when harmful chemicals or toxin gets mixed in the food. Food contamination is caused by multiple reasons such as contaminated ground water, industrial waste, air pollution, genetically modified food and many more. Food ‘adulteration’ is one of the most popular parts of the food pollution. Earlier, people used to cook food at home with healthy ingredient and nutritional vegetables. But in modern era, people are more attracted towards outside food. Processed or restaurant food may satisfy your taste bud but it contain zero nutritional value.

Ready to eat and restaurant food are mostly adulterated; the food is prepared with poor quality ingredient which causes multiple health problems. 20 to 30% of the processed foods are intentionally adulterated. Food adulteration cause serious health hazard, it acts like a slow poison and slowly damage your internal organs. It causes heart problem, loss of vision, respiratory problem, appendix problem, small intestine problem, Anemia, epilepsy and many more. When you eat out, the food is exposed to harmful gases released through automobiles, various insects, garbage, sewage, etc. these pollution gets mixed in the food and makes you sick once you consume it. 

The health problem caused by food poisoning includes nausea, stomach pains, fever, chills, sweating, weakness, vomiting, headache and diarrhea.  In some cases food poisoning causes death as well. The only way to get rid of these health issues is prevention, to avoid adulteration you need to do background check on the retail shops your buy groceries from. Shopkeepers often mix harmful chemicals in food in order to cheat the customers, avoid buying food ingredients from such places. 

To avoid food poisoning ensure that your eat food at good and hygienic place; avoid eating on the street, especially in the rainy season. Food contamination is hard to detect as it often spread through wastewater and industrial waste, contaminated vegetable looks fresh and fine from outside because the toxins are mixed inside. It is even more harmful and causes dangerous health problem, to avoid contaminated food, don’t make purchases from suspicious areas or price. Always purchase your food from trusted shop and always make sure you do you research on the shop or store you go to.