Energy Drinks Pulled Off Hong Kong Shelves.

 
The Territory is under threat from more toxic substances, this time it appears to be Energy Drinks.
 

Europe is having its own scare with deadly life threatening E-Coli laden cucumbers bean sprouts and no doubt the USA is having some routine recall of meat or vegetables. Hong Kong, not to be outdone, has it’s own periodic little contamination scare and this time it is some thing called DEHP.


DEHP is a plasticiser - yep I have no clue what it is either - and has been found in energy sports drinks that apparently have come from Taiwan. Our Centre for Food Safety has slapped a ban on these drinks and whipped them off the shelf to keep us from harms way.

They say drinking high levels of this substance can cause problems in the kidney and liver area. Just to cause a little more alarm it can potentially cause cancer. Not quite sure what a high level is but it seems were not having any of it any-more.

So were safe - That is unless you take medication.

Not only are sports drinks contaminated but plasticisers are being found in medications. DEHP is joined by another chemical, DINP. These, like the sports drinks, originate from Taiwan.

DINP is used in drinks to make the liquid cloudy, which is intended to trick the consumer into thinking they are made from more natural ingredients and not just a bunch of chemicals in water.