'Eating square head perch with cancer' is malicious rumor

Facing the rumor that "eating square head perch will cause cancer", Deputy Director of Dong Thap Fisheries Department, Mr. Le Hoang Vu, said it was a rumor that lacked scientific basis.

Vietnam's perch perch is a favorite of China (Photo: vietbao.vn ).

Mr. Vu added that the square head perch is a native fish. Through initial research, the genetic structure of fish is no different than that of natural perch. Currently, perch-head farmers use industrial feed as well as other fish species, such as red tilapia, pangasius, basa .

In recent days, rumors of eating perch perch will have cancer or stroke in many places in the Mekong Delta region. Although scientists have repeatedly dismissed the rumor, rumors of a lack of grounds for perch in the square continue to confuse consumption and cause serious damage to fish farmers, especially in Dong Nai. Tower.

At present, the price of square head perch is low at 18-20 thousand VND / kg. Mr. Nguyen Van Do in Hamlet 3, Lang Bien Commune, Thap Muoi District - who has nearly 8 hectares of farming area of ​​perch in Lang Bien Commune, said, due to the impact of the above rumors that the last harvest he had has lost hundreds of millions of VND. Many other perch farmers also fall into the same situation.

In fact, the perch head has advantages of easy farming, low loss rate, short growth time, harvested fish of uniform size, so many places have popularized this type of fish in recent years. . Therefore, there is a situation of oversupply.