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8月22日，有博主通过公开视频披露，在河北张家口康保县屯垦镇的白菜装车现场，他随机抽查了多台正在装货的大白菜挂车，结果发现每一辆车都在装车前给白菜蘸甲醛溶液，用来延长白菜保鲜时间。

B | 消息一出，迅速引发舆论关注。 CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.A warrant signed by a judge in Manhattan on Aug. 14 ordered the seizure of the statue, which the museum acquired in 1986 and had been a highlight of its collection of ancient Roman art. The museum argues in its suit that the statue was lawfully obtained and that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has no legal authority to seize it.The warrant was secured as part of an ongoing investigation into a smuggling network involving antiquities looted from Bubon in southwestern Turkey and trafficked through Manhattan, a spokesperson for Bragg has said. The 76-inch (1.9-meter) statue dates from A.D. 180 to 200 and is worth $20 million, according to the district attorney’s office. The suit filed Thursday asks a judge to declare that the museum is the rightful owner of the statue, which it calls “one of the most significant works in the (museum’s) collection” of some 61,000 objects. Museum officials have repeatedly told the district attorney that their evidence is insufficient and suggested other investigative avenues, according to the suit, but all have been refused.The museum said it also has consulted experts who cast “significant doubt” on the identification of the statue as Marcus Aurelius, noting the experts believe it’s more likely a statue of another Greek philosopher.A spokesman for Bragg said the office is reviewing the lawsuit and “will respond in court papers.” He also noted the office has successfully recovered more than 4,600 illegally traffic antiquities.Museum spokesman Todd Mesek said it does not discuss ongoing litigation but noted the museum takes provenance issues very seriously.The statue was removed from view earlier this year, and the museum changed the description of the piece on its website, where it calls the statue a “Draped Male Figure" instead of indicating a connection to Marcus Aurelius.Turkey first made claims about the statue in 2012 when it released a list of nearly two dozen objects in the Cleveland museum’s collection that it said had been looted from Bubon and other locations. Museum officials said at the time that Turkey had provided no hard evidence of looting.The Manhattan district attorney’s office has worked in recent years to repatriate hundreds of objects looted from countries including Turkey, Greece, Israel and Italy. It was unclear who might be targeted in the investigation of the statue seized in Cleveland.Marcus Aurelius ruled as Roman emperor from A.D. 161 to 180 and was a Stoic philosopher whose “Meditations” have been studied over the centuries.The seized statue shows a man in flowing robes holding one hand in front of him in a regal pose.。当地的回应来得很快，下午康保县发布情况通报：视频反映情况属实，系收购商为蔬菜运输保鲜，在装运过程中的违法行为，公安部门已对相关人员、车辆依法采取强制措施，案件正在进一步侦办中。“白菜蘸甲醛”，已经严重突破食品安全底线。

C | 蘸甲醛的目的，主要是为了减少长途运输过程中蔬菜发热腐烂的情况，还可让蔬菜根部外观保持白净，更易吸引消费者选购。然而违规使用甲醛危害巨大，世界卫生组织（WHO）将其列为一类致癌物，即明确其对人类有致癌作用的物质。《中华人民共和国食品安全法》与《中华人民共和国农产品质量安全法》已作出明确规定，严禁甲醛作为食品用加工助剂进行生产、经营和使用。

D | 当地收购商为了白菜的卖相、保鲜，居然公然“添加”甲醛，可谓是置消费者的生命健康于不顾了，性质十分恶劣。然而令人担忧的是，视频中博主表示“随机抽查了多台正在装货的大白菜挂车，结果发现每一辆车都在装车前给白菜蘸甲醛溶液”。如果这些信息属实，恐怕就不是个别商贩的临时起意，更像是当地收购环节的惯常操作。当地既然已经查明事件属实，那么下一步就该查清楚范围有多大、持续了多久，多少被甲醛处理过的白菜已经流入市场、最终去了哪里。

E | 装车司机透露，大白菜目的地为江苏宿迁；随后博主又称，其已在合肥某农贸市场的在售大白菜中检出甲醛成分。这些信息是否属实、又是否同源，相关各地都需要顺藤摸瓜、地毯式摸排，把这批甲醛白菜彻底“挑出”，真正为消费者负责。值得注意的是，“甲醛白菜”并非第一次出现。早在2012年，另一省份也发生过蔬菜商贩使用甲醛溶液喷洒白菜进行保鲜的情况。

F | 随后，关于“甲醛白菜”的新闻乃至传闻便不时出现，“甲醛白菜”是否存在，一直牵动人心。甚至还有一些网络流传的辟谣帖，称“甲醛保鲜成本大，所以很少会有商家选择做这样的赔本买卖”，“在正规途径购买的蔬菜，基本上不用担心这个问题”。然而现实是不是这样，是否真的只是谣言？虽说对于含甲醛蔬菜的具体危害程度，尚有不同说法，比如有专家就称，“对于食用含有甲醛的蔬菜，目前并无确凿证据显示其具有致癌效果”。但有没有效果是一回事，消费者知不知情是另一回事。