Though I do not wish to frighten the public large, I find that we
ourselves are responsible for these by keeping silent and only reacting to when
one of our own goes through such an experience of auto immune disease as well
as cancer.
Plastic Eggs being sold in markets of West Bengal, India is a news
that is spreading like fire amongst the public and here I thought that India is
still decades away from such mass destruction like vaccines, though it is there
it is a fact but this plastic egg, if it is true, is something that the whole
world needs to wake up and say stop, this cannot go on. Here is the story.
Plastic eggs have flooded markets in West Bengal, primarily in Kolkata
and adjoining districts. Thousands of
plastic eggs have entered markets in Kolkata, Howrah, two 24 Parganas and
Hooghly, said police sources. The Kolkata Corporation
has admitted that plastic eggs are rampant in the markets and ordered an
inquiry into the issue.“Based on the complaints, we have informed the West
Bengal police,” Kolkata Mayor and West Bengal Environment Minister Sovan
Chatterjee said, adding that the Enforcement Department will begin a probe into
the matter. “We believe they mostly
come from China via Nepal border,” said an officer of the state enforcement
branch. The shell of the eggs
are made of plastic and the white and yolk inside are made of chemicals. The
eggs, however, are a little different from real eggs as the yolk breaks
immediately after the eggs are cracked. It is not possible to make poached eggs
with these fake eggs.
According
to doctors, these eggs pose a health hazard, especially for patients and
children. “Prolonged use of such eggs for at least one month could lead to
cancer,”
said Sanjoy Adhikary, a pediatrician in Kolkata. He added that Jadavpur
university scientists are working on to find out the ingredients of such eggs. Police have already sprung into action,
summoning hundreds of egg distributors in Kolkata and Howrah, where the
complaints have mostly come from. Subir Deb, brother of senior CPI(M) leader
Rabin Deb, who is a big egg distributor in Kolkata, too has been called in for
interrogation. The police said a report on the issue will soon be submitted to
the state government and Kolkata corporation, adding that raids to seize fake
eggs have already begun.
