foods are produced cheaply due to machinery or dangerous to people's health ??

ĐỀ 19/5/2012

Foods have been produced cheaply due to improved fertilizer and better machinery. However, some people believe that this is dangerous to our health. Agree or disagree?

Food safety is a matter of concern to people. To some, the idea of using chemicals and machines may diminish the quality of food and people’s health, but others hold the idea that there is nothing to worry about. I think that there are more hazards behind fertilizers and better machinery for the following reasons.

It is believed that the existence of cutting-edge technology can mass-produce and cheapen food. The world used to suffer poverty, but now with the output increasing, this concern is eased. The problem is that the natural food contaminated with the exposure of technical or metal parts in machines is proven to be of lower quality. Sometimes, unwanted chemicals are born as a result of such interaction between food and heavy metals in machinery, resulting in the possible poisoning and health deterioration. Equally important, when it comes to lower living standards in remote areas, it is true that the investment in machinery is far from easy. In case of successfully applying better machinery in the production of food, the cost is boosted, actually while the quality is not yet guaranteed.

Another reason in favor of the former view is that fertilization is regarded to add more value to food. Plants, as a result of suffering natural disasters or unwanted effects, are hardly preserved, yet with the aid of compost and some other chemicals, their longevity is ensured. Scientific studies, though, have shown that the quality of soil has been eroded as a consequence of the constant process of fertilizing in land. In the long term, this also triggers lower output and more new diseases for the plants and land, especially when the latter ones are resistant to the usage of herbicide or pesticide. A number of people who consumed such diseased-planting food are more likely to undergo side-effects or have problems with digestion, despite the promising high productivity of this process. The food fertilized may, too, look less aesthetically natural, which may decrease people’s appetite.

All things considered, I strong believe that improved machinery and fertilizer do more harm than good. Hence, governments should take into consideration these new applications.

-         Contaminate (v) làm bẩn, làm ô uế, làm hư hỏng, làm nhiễm bệnh

-         Exposure (n) sự phơi bày, quảng cáo, công bố

-         Poison (n) chất độc (v) làm hư bằng chất độc hại

-         Remote (adj) xa xôi, hẻo lánh

-         Fertilize (v) làm cho phì nhiêu, màu mỡ, (sinh vật học) thụ phấn, thụ tinh

-         Herbicide (n) thuốc diệt cỏ

-         Pesticide (n) thuốc trừ sâu

-         Resistant (adj)  có sức chịu đựng, có sức kháng cự

-         Appetite (n) sự ngon miệng

-         Aesthetically (adv) có thẩm mỹ, về mặt thẩm mỹ