過去也上過添加物的毒物，和這次的主題相似，且有許多相同的單字。
同學可以參酌複習！
裡面有重要的起雲劑及塑化劑的單字，有要準備考試的同學，不要錯過了。
剛好最近消費者團體也為此求償，相關新聞如下：
Consumer group sues businesses over plasticizer scare
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DOH tracing path of harmful food additive
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The China Post news staff
原文網址：http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/05/25/303658/DOH-tracing.htm
The Department of Health (DOH) is trying to track down a poisonous food additive sold by a chemical company to unwitting makers of beverages and foodstuffs after ordering the removal of contaminated products from store shelves.
According to a local news source, this is the world's first case of foods and beverages being laced with the plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, commonly abbreviated as DEHP. DEHP is a carcinogen and can also disrupt the endocrine system and change hormone levels.
In the meantime, prosecutors are questioning Lai Chun-chieh (賴俊傑), manager of Yu Shen Company (昱伸公司), which has been manufacturing the additive for a long time. According to sources, the company's monthly sales total NT$3 million. Lai, 57, was in police custody but had not been charged with any crime as of press time.
Protecting the Consumer
DOH ordered on Friday, May 20, that beverages and foodstuffs laced with the additive be removed from store shelves nationwide, that consumers be refunded, and that all such unsold beverages and foodstuffs be impounded and destroyed.
Total consumption of DEHP by public and private organizations came to more than 200 metric tons last year, according to DOH, which is trying to find out how much found its way to the food industry. On May 19, Changhua County seized 127 barrels (25 kg each) of emulsifiers laced with plasticizers and about 10,000 kg of food product mixes from four food processing companies in Changhua County, Taichung City and New Taipei City.
Carcinogen's Harmful Effects
According to media reports, the said additive, which contains the cancer-causing plasticizer DEHP, has been used as a substitute for palm oil, a legal ingredient but five-times more expensive, in the manufacture of an emulsifier. DEHP, an organic compound, is described as a cost effective general-purpose plasticizer which is used mainly for making plastic and PVC soft and pliable. While emulsifiers are a legitimate ingredient of food additives, plasticizers are not. Emulsifiers are added to sports drinks and fruit juices to give them a “clouded”and “rich” look.
Affected beverages and foodstuffs include fruit juices, jellies, yogurt drinks and yogurt tablets sold under such popular brands as Dahu Strawberry Farm, Sunkist, Taiwan Yes and others. The highest concentration found in these beverages and foodstuffs is 30 parts per million (ppm). 請比較 171-W2中的ppb An intake of 500 cc of such drinks could leave in the body enough of the agent to exceed the permissible amount in a 60-kg adult.
Young Energy Source Co., Ltd., maker of Taiwan Yes products, yesterday apologized to the public for its negligence in a press conference and in public statements published in the Chinese-language press. The company also told consumers to return the products they had bought for unconditional refunds.
Aside from causing cancer, long-time accumulation of DEHP in the human body could lead to feminization, said an official with the DOH's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As such, women pregnant with male babies and boys in puberty among regular consumers of such products stand to be affected most, according to the FDA official.
However, according to Li Chun-chang李俊璋, a professor with National Chengkung University, DEHP is a dangerous carcinogen, but would not accumulate if intake stops. Only long-term observation could determine whether a person's endocrine system請比較 171-W2中的 metabolism
has been affected, Li said, adding a urine test could readily reveal the amount of DEHP accumulated in the body.
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