Oyster farming with old tires: "Nourishing" with extremely toxic substances?

Oyster farming using tires continues to recur in Thua Thien - Hue despite a strict ban.

The practice of raising oysters using old tires, a phenomenon that once caused public panic, has now returned on a large scale. Although there have been many warnings about the high risk of cancer from oysters raised this way, for the sake of profit, everything is ignored.

An oyster farmer in Lang Co town, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien - Hue said: “Oysters are raised from March to around December, harvested, split and sold. Every year, about 300-400,000 tires are soaked in Lang Co bay…”

After the oysters are shelled, the tires are soaked in water to prepare for the next batch of farming.

Old tires and oyster shells flood Lang Co Bay during oyster harvest time.

The first impression when arriving in Phu Loc district, Thua Thien - Hue is the images of old tires displayed everywhere on the village roads. I thought this was a scrap village or some kind of junkyard, but I didn't expect that the old tires were home to tons of oysters, ready to be harvested and sold throughout the Central provinces. Even some traders from restaurants and businesses in Ho Chi Minh City also come to this source of extremely cheap oysters.

Normally, the price of one kilogram of unshelled oysters sold at restaurants is around 80,000-100,000 VND/kg, but in Phu Loc district, the price is only around 70,000 VND/kg with the shell removed. Because of the extremely cheap price and huge output, Lang Co town has become an ideal oyster supplier. People here do not hesitate to change the traditional way of raising oysters with poles to using tires because the cost is low and the profit can be many times higher.

Not only does it seriously pollute the water source that is famous for its cleanliness in Lang Co Bay (one of the most beautiful bays in the world), oysters raised on old tires, soaked in water for a long time, also create sulfur, which has a very high risk of causing cancer. In addition, substances that adhere to oysters such as black carbon, rubber, etc. can easily cause intestinal disorders. Especially when children use this type of oyster, their digestive system can be seriously damaged.

Shelled oysters are very popular in Ho Chi Minh City.

It can be seen that the shelled milk oysters look quite fresh and delicious, packaged in 1kg bags, and are sold very popularly on social networks. Many young mothers prefer to use oysters because of the nutrition and deliciousness they hear from sharing on the network. However, the freshness and nutrition definitely need to be carefully re-evaluated.

After realizing the shocking truth about their favorite dish, many people expressed extreme disappointment.

According to Tin Tuc.vn