Fw: DISPOSABLE CHOPSTICKS

Subject: DISPOSABLE CHOPSTICKS I tell you this story please read so... does it mean we have to carry our own chopstick from now on???? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Samantha Chong Kok Shinn" Reply-To: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:34:27 +0800 DON'T USE DISPOSABLE CHOPSTICKS Read on and find out why it's so much SAFER and CHEAPER (unnecessary medical bills) in the long run to buy and use your own pair of chopsticks!!! This is a true case. If you don't believe try the following test: Soak a pair of disposable chopsticks (usually given to you when you buy packed food from a Chinese takeaway) for between three and five minutes in boiling water. Within minutes, you will notice that some white matter from the chopsticks seems to be dissolving in the hot water. What is released from the chopsticks is actually a chemical, a bleaching agent. In a campaign promoting healthy care in Singapore recently, Professor Jackson Mathis reminded people not to use disposable chopsticks, as almost the majority of them are made in or imported from China. He explained that during the manufacturing process of disposable chop-sticks before the actual production itself, all raw materials are already cover-grown with germs that make the wood materials look as if they are coated in multiple colours or are covered with poisonous fungus. The first process itself is already frightening as the manufacturer starts the process by soaking the wooden raw materials inside a very big container that is filled with a very toxic and highly poisonous chemical. This chemical is intentionally added to preserve the materials. After a few days of soaking, they are then washed with an even worse cleaning agent, in this case it is a bleaching agent (which chemical ph level is believe to be more than a thousand times over the general permissible/acceptable international standards). And guess what? These chemicals are likely to cause greater harm to our health (if we continue consuming such chemicals into our body on a daily basis) not forgetting that since these chemicals used are usually carcinogenic in nature, they are likely to cause cancer. Since his last visit to a disposable chopsticks manufacturing plant in China five years ago, Professor Jackson Mathis has stop using such disposable chopsticks. In his case, if he ever forgets to bring along his own pair of chopsticks for lunch or dinner, he usually make sure that he does not forget to put a pair inside his bag since it can be re-used over and over. Professor Mathis said: & quote: If you have been using disposable chopsticks in the past, and you insist on using them again, please pause and think for a moment. Why is cancer spreading like wild fire these days throughout the world affecting all sorts of people. After that think of how many pairs of disposable chopsticks a factory in China is producing by the minute. The answer itself is right here! All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.