The Department of Science Services has advised consumers that paper-wrapped fried chicken may be contaminated with carcinogenic substances from the wrapping paper.
Responding to a report on social media, Dr. Kanit Tapasa, spokesman for the department, explained that there are currently two types of pulp used in the production of paper, pure natural pulp and recycled pulp.
In the production process of pure paper pulp, he said that chemicals, such as sodium hydroxide and chlorine, are used to produce white pulp, adding that most of these chemicals are eliminated during the washing process, but heavy metals may remain in the pulp, left by water or engine oil used in the production process.
Pulp which comes from recycled paper has gone through a process to separate foreign matter from the paper and the de-inking process may leave residues of toxic substances.
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