Adulteration of food items- A menace happening on our faces..

All of us like eating healthy food, are fond of mangoes, bananas or whatever. But are we aware that these very food items are being infused with harmful chemicals to improve their texture, color, size and the like. For eg. Apples are covered with the "harmless" wax to give them that shine that we so badly look for. Mangoes are treated with carbide to ripen them fast. Cucumbers are injected with a chemical that releases ethylene to get it to grow fast and long and full. There are other such horrible things happening actually all the time. These chemicals wreak havoc on our healths and we are not even aware of the dangers they pose. They can cause cancers, heart problems, respiratory illnesses and what not. So just beware. Keep a check. I wonder why is the government not doing anything in this regard.