It is frustrating to learn from a Daily Star report that the government is yet to enforce mandatory tests to prevent imports of adulterated pesticides that have been widely used in the country's agriculture sector. As harmful heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead were found in dozens of pesticides in tests done by Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) at the beginning of this year, it mandated tests at two designated government laboratories—either the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Centre (BAEC) or the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR)—before the release of any imported pesticides from ports. Unfortunately, almost a year has gone by with no progress made in testing these imported pesticides.