6 toxic chemicals cause cancer, brain atrophy in young children that many families still eat every day

borax

Welding the borax (the chemical name is borax) is a weak antiseptic and fungus, used for medical purposes as a hunter, for external use to kill bacteria and mild fungi.

Welding is used by some traders to preserve food. It works to keep food fresh, slow down the process of decay, especially making food brittle and chewy.

Traders often add borax to the products of live rolls, spring rolls, noodles, rice cakes, maras, pig skin, cast cakes .

Fresh types of shrimps, fish, and meat for sale in borax markets can keep the colors fresh all day despite being exposed to the sun.

About 5 grams of borax can cause poisoning to users, even leading to death when higher concentrations. Symptoms of borax poisoning are gastrointestinal disorders, loss of appetite, and fatigue. With children will cause malnutrition, mental retardation. In addition, borax also damages liver cells, testicular atrophy and is one of the causes of cancer.

The amount of borax added to foods is usually not high enough to cause acute poisoning. However, eating borax-containing products in the long run will have certain health effects.

The hormone

The hormone (formaldehyde) exists in gas or liquid form. In liquid form, hormone  very antiseptic, combined with albumin to create anti-decay, preservation.

Monks are often put into foods such as noodle soup, pork broth, sweet potato . This substance helps to keep food from day to day without rotting, rotting.

When the hormone enters the human body, it can range from indigestion to ulcers of the cells, esophagus, stomach, intestines, etc. If the infection is high, it can be fatal. If inhaled, the hormone can cause suffocation and many respiratory diseases.

Tinopal

Tinopal is a yellowish powder cleaning chemical used in industry to increase optical whiteness (OBA) used for paper.

However, there are many products such as vermicelli, noodles, wet cakes, noodles . in the market of tinopal contamination.

Depending on the amount of tinopal toxins in the body with the amount that can cause acute or chronic poisoning.

The regular use of food containing tinopal will damage the gastrointestinal tract, mucosa of the intestinal wall, may even lead to intestinal ulcers and stomach ulcers. If you eat food containing tinopal for a long time, it can cause liver failure, kidney failure, body fatigue and cancer.

Pulp-flour

Tuber-pear (French name is salpêtre or English name is sanpet or saltpetre, salt peter .) is a bleaching chemical used in industry and not included in the list of additives used in food due to Ministry of Health allows use.

However, it was used by a number of traders to rancid meat into fresh meat. Poison-powders are highly toxic but cheap.

This powder has the potential to increase the risk of cancer in both adults and children. If you eat rancid meat that has been cleansed with powdered powder, children may have blue baby syndrome, cancer, even death.

Vegetable stimulant growth

Growth-stimulating regulators are used on sprouts, bean sprouts, and rubber trees with active ingredients mainly belonging to Cytokinins and Auxins families. These substances contain a high concentration of alkaline when direct contact can cause skin burns, eye damage, if swallowed or inhaled may damage the digestive tract and respiratory system.

DEHP

DEHP is an organic chemical, abbreviated for diethylhexyl phtalate, which is a transparent, anhydrous liquid, almost colorless, with an unnoticeable odor.

It dissolves very well in oil (fat) and dissolves very little in water so it has the ability to create viscosity, opaque, special for beverage, drink, jelly .

DEHP is used in substitutes for palm oil because it is an inexpensive industrial chemical.

In 2011, the Department of expanded food safety discovered this substance in all groups of food imported from Taiwan such as sandwiches, milk, jelly, water vegetable, especially groups of soft drinks (powder used to make lemon tea.

If using DEHP in large quantities can cause acute poisoning leading to on-site death.

Infected girls are at risk of early puberty. DEHP reduces the development of the male genitalia, causing the male reproductive organs to "shrink".