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Bangladeshis Need to Guard Against Threat of Toxic Food
In children, side effects of eating the contaminated food include stunted growth and lack of concentration, while adults often suffer damage to their immune systems, he said.
"Metabolic disorder, kidney failure and liver failure are also common, and there is a trend of learning disabilities among children exposed to large quantities of tainted food."
Mohammad Abdul Majid, director of country's elite security forces, said he had stepped up raids on food markets during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and in the wake of the problem in China.
But he admitted the authorities were struggling.
"Food adulteration is rampant here, especially during Ramadan. We've got more troops monitoring the markets, and they're discovering tainted food on a daily basis. We're still finding the banned milk powder for sale," he said.
Another shopper at the market in the capital, Ahmed Hossen, told AFP it was common knowledge that food in Bangladesh was often tainted with chemicals, but people had little choice but to eat it.
"If we wanted to avoid this contaminated food, we'd have to fast not just during Ramadan, but the whole year round," he said.
"Everyone is paying attention to China right now but for us Bangladeshis, living with chemicals in our food is nothing new. We are eating this stuff every day."
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