Carcinogens all around
AN ONCOLOGIST WARNS CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS REMAIN HIDDEN ALMOST EVERYWHERE
- Published: 20 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
These past months consumers not just in Thailand but around the globe have been alarmed by reports of the detection of carcinogens in many popular foods, including tapioca balls in pearl milk tea or the recent controversy surrounding Korean instant noodle.
Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ill at ease with such revelations, especially about the popular Korean noodle packs, has collected several samples in Bangkok and sent them for analysis.
These developments have sparked a lot of questions among the public as to whether they need to completely avoid cancer-causing foods and whether their consumption is life-threatening.
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