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MANILA (AFP) – Taiwan and the Philippines have warned some sport drinks may have been contaminated with a chemical that could cause infertility and block boys' sex organ development, officials said Tuesday.
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration is monitoring some imported Taiwanese sport drinks, fruit juices and soft drinks that Taipei said may contain excessive amounts of DEHP, the agency's spokeswoman Jesusa Joyce Cirunay said.
Taiwan, Philippines warn of tainted sports drink that shrinks testicles
Seeded on Tue May 31, 2011 11:10 PM EDT
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Some folks in this country argue that there should be no government interference or monitoring of food or other products, that the free market will take care of it. The foolishness of that argument should be evident here.
- 4 votes
#1 - Tue May 31, 2011 11:13 PM EDTTaiwanese authorities have arrested the owner of a company that used DEHP rather than more expensive palm oil in products supplied to dozens of local drinks makers. He faces up to six months in jail.
Wow....up to 6 months in jail!
Unless it is located in the middle of the jungle filled with man-eating animals (or even cannibals), I consider that an extremely light sentence.
- 3 votes
I agree with you both. Regulations of our food products are important, and the guy got a ridiculously light sentence considering the damage he might have done.
- 2 votes
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