Three children have died and fifty others are severely ill after eating a poisoned lunch in a school in the village of Redondo, in the Cajamarca region. The food had been donated by the National Food Assistance Program, a government program to feed the poor. According to government officials the children had symptoms of carbonate intoxication, which is often a consequence of the consumption of rat poison. However, according to some other sources the food was tainted with insecticide.
Minister for Women of Social Development, Aida García Naranjo, said that when the food arrived to the school it wasn’t contaminated. Instead, she believes that it was accidentally poisoned during its preparation once in said school. Officials from the NFPA have stated that the meal of rice and fish was probably prepared in a container which had previously held rat poison.
Opinion:
From my point of view, it is rather unlikely that someone from the school prepared the food in pots which had previously contained rat poison, as the NFPA has stated.
The fact that this has happened shows that not enough care is being put in producing and preparing the foods for this program. I believe that this incident should be thoroughly investigated to find the source of the poison, and that from now on the Peruvian government should implement stricter controls in order to avoid new cases of poisoning.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15010198
I think it is really sad that a poor group of children have been poisoned because in the school they have used containers where before was held rat poison, they are human beings and they are being treated like animals. How can you give children food in containers where before rat poison was held? I understand that they have no money and that they probably used that because they didn’t have other containers but anyways I think it is completely shameful because the lives of children are at stake. I hope that the people involved are found and condemned.
ReplyDeletei think it is not fair at all that the NFPA blames the producers of the meal and rice. there is no proof that they were prepared in containers that had previously held rat poison. It can obviously be possible that rat poison in the containers are the problem, but it can also be as possible that the NFPA didn't provide the food in time. They could have also left the cans and containers in a nonsafe place where anything can get in the containers.
ReplyDeletesometimes, companies or multinational coorporations want to make the world see that they have enough money or power to share with the least favored ones. i wish their intentions were real and truthfull.