Chopsticks long carcinogenic? Chopsticks is Chinese family name featured eating great tool for Chinese people eat almost inseparable chopsticks, especially eating noodles, noodles and the like food. However, with chopsticks recently been exposed for too long will cause cancer, which caused food safety can not be ignored.
Chopsticks carcinogenic food safety can not be ignored for too long
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How long chopsticks at home for once, you have not noticed? Recently, a chopstick to be regularly replaced on the news aroused public concern.
Recently there have been reports, hidden in a small groove chopsticks bacteria may cause diarrhea, gastroenteritis diseases, it is recommended that members of the public, chopsticks 3 to 6 months is best replaced periodically. This makes many people surprised, “spent so many years chopsticks, do not know ah.” Yesterday morning, in an S. Ring Renrenle supermarket citizens Miss Hao said. Subsequently, the reporter random survey of 20 people, including four members of the public said that in six months or kitchen renovations moving internal replacement chopsticks. While the remaining 16 members of the public to use chopsticks home life are in the 1 to 3 years. Especially those with elderly family living, chopsticks updates slower. “The old man could not bear to throw, no way, every time guests chopsticks enough to add another new.” Public Liu said.
In this regard, Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xi’an yesterday Gastroenterology chief physician Huangya Hui said that if chopsticks, chopsticks are used for too long, loose sawdust, really easy to breed bacteria. “Chopsticks long washed with water, the water content is particularly high, long chopsticks placed in non-ventilated places, make chopsticks deterioration chance to improve.” Huangya Hui said, especially moldy chopsticks, there may be aflatoxin contamination. It is understood that aflatoxin is a Class 1 carcinogen, is a highly toxic highly toxic substances, be human and animal tissues has damaging effects on the liver, severe cases can lead to liver cancer and even death.
Huangya Hui warned that the public should be weekly chopsticks into the boiling water and cook for half an hour later, placed in the drying air dried before using, so you can achieve the role of disinfection, and can effectively and easily cleared the mold chopsticks. In addition, it is best to use six months to replace the new chopsticks, so do not worry too much about it.
“Chopsticks selection is also a great stress.” Huangya Hui said the ideal bamboo chopsticks and chopsticks are unstained wooden chopsticks. And after dyeing or painting of wooden chopsticks, when used at the paints and stains will enter the body with food, especially the coloring agent in heavy metals, benzene and other harmful substances, can cause gastrointestinal inflammation, ulcers, erosions, severe can carcinogenic, chopsticks triggered by food safety can not be overlooked.
