Raise awareness to stop formalin treated fish sale
Says fisheries dept
Mass awareness should be generated and relevant laws enforced to stop the sale and purchase of formalin-treated fish to ensure people's sound health, said speakers at a views exchange meeting yesterday.
Department of Fisheries organised the meeting in the capital's Matsya Babhan to present its progress in a three-year project “Control of Using Formalin in Fish and Raising Mass Awareness” beginning July 2011.
The department Director General Sayed Arif Azad said formalin has adverse effects on nature and the human body and its uncontrolled use leads to unnatural deaths for humans and causes serious diseases like cancer.
He suggested that the misuse of formalin could be controlled by applying relevant laws strictly and raising awareness.
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