Recently, the Baifo vegetable market in Shijiazhuang has attracted widespread attention because it is suspected of stopping the processing of noodles and pancakes on the grounds of air pollution.
As a result of the investigation, the sub-district office confirmed that this was indeed the case.
It is understood that in the recent safety production and food safety inspections, the management found that there were 13 merchants in the market with hidden dangers, so they asked these merchants to suspend business for rectification.
However, without permission from the environmental protection authorities, wet market managers unilaterally banned these businesses from processing noodles, shredded cakes and pancakes, citing air pollution control.
At present, this notification has been repealed. The sub-district office is investigating and dealing with the relevant personnel, and has arranged for management personnel to assist the relevant merchants in rectification.
In the face of the pressing problem of air pollution, it is understandable that the relevant departments and the management of wet markets have taken relevant measures to ensure the health of residents and the safety of the environment.
However, without the permission of the environmental protection department, they directly banned the processing of noodles and pancakes on the grounds of preventing air pollution, which not only failed to solve the problem, but caused unnecessary distress and losses to merchants and residents.
While preventing and controlling air pollution, how to balance the relationship between environmental protection and people's livelihood needs is an urgent problem to be solved.
* Departments should provide guidance and norms for similar behaviors to ensure that environmental protection measures are reasonably implemented.
We should be aware that a one-size-fits-all ban is not a long-term solution. In the process of promoting environmental protection, more attention should be paid to scientific and humane.
For example, more detailed classification management measures can be adopted to target different types of pollution sources.
At the same time, strengthen communication and cooperation with merchants and residents, and jointly participate in environmental protection work, so as to achieve a win-win situation of environmental protection and people's livelihood development.
This incident is a wake-up call to the need to carefully consider the potential social impact of environmental actions.
Future environmental protection work needs to be carried out on the track of the rule of law, and at the same time pay attention to balancing the interests of all parties to ensure that environmental protection measures can achieve the desired results without affecting the normal order of production and life.