DEHP from TW

 Everyone sure know recently Taiwan DEHP cases! U may curious WTH is DEHP?? DEHP which full name is Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 塑化剂 and The China Post notes that just 49 of the 168 companies involved have confirmed use of the additive. It's really dangerous and according to today newspaper DEHP maybe appear in Malaysia supermarket!!!! WHAT!!!! 


First:
Manufacturer company name : 台灣統一企業股份有限公司 Uni-President Enterprises Corp.                                                                                          Taiwan
Product found with DEHP     :  統一蘆笋汁 Uni-President Asparagus Juice
Uni-President is a big and famous company in Taiwan with lots of products and drinks on the market.

Second: 
Manufactured company name  : Country House Inc. Taiwan 家鄉事業
Product found with DEHP       : Sunkist Orange Juice 山奇士橙汁,  Sunkist Lemon Juice with Pulp 山奇士檸檬汁,                                                    Sunkist Orange Juice with Pulp 山奇士橙飲料
                                                  

                                                  

（from left to right,  Sunkist Orange Juice, Sunkist Lemon Juice with Pulp, Sunkist Orange Juice with Pulp )

Actually I dunno where can find this drinks in Malaysia because I think I didn't see them before. AND, I don't really drink orange juice in bottle due to the preservative but now the dangerous one is DEHP! So people, if you really want to have some fruit juice, try to blend at home or mamak store which are more safety and fresh!


The Taipei Times reports:
Children who consume 350ml of tainted fluid containing 12 parts per million (ppm) of DEHP on a daily basis for 12 consecutive months are six to eight times more at risk of developing problems with their reproductive system when they become adults, recent research by the National Health Research Institutes showed.

Institute president Kenneth Wu (伍焜玉) said DEHP is suspected to be an endocrine disruptor, which could lead to the shrinking in size of the penis and testicles in men and thyroid dysfunction.

DEHP’s effect on children is magnified, because the concentration of the harmful chemical is higher in persons with a lower body mass.

“The health risk of an adult consuming the same amount of DEHP beverage is reduced by half,” Wu said.

The result was based on statistics from a US study in the 1980s that tested DEHP on rats.

“We are not yet sure of the health risks of DEHP on humans because little academic information was found,” Wu said.

“But we hope that the incident can help us understand more of the hazard’s ratio.”
Wu said that since DEHP is released from the body naturally within five to 12 hours, the health risks for infrequent consumers are relatively low.








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Luckily the drinks (Passion fruits drink series)  from Chatime in Malaysia is announced free from DEHP! People, let's continue ur chatime now and dun worry about ur healthy! For more info, u can go the Chatime fb fans page, and now I miss Chatime already! Who can fetch me to Midvalley now??? :P

Statements announced by Chatime!