Kanser daripada sotong kering - Mengandungi logam toksik sama seperti bateri, plastik dan baja fosfat

Oleh NIZHA PERIASWAMY
nizha.periaswamy@kosmo.com.my

PEGAWAI penyelidik CAP, Hatijah Hashim menunjukkan sotong kering yang didakwa dicemari kadmium di pejabatnya di Pulau Pinang semalam.



GEORGE TOWN - Ramai mengetahui keenakan sotong kering ditambah lagi jika dimasak sebagai sambal.

Namun Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) mendedahkan, tidak mungkin ramai pengguna sedar bahawa sotong kering kaya dengan logam toksik jenis kadmium, bahan yang sama digunakan dalam membuat bateri, plastik dan baja fosfat.

"Kesan pengambilan kadmium mendedahkan seseorang terhadap kanser payu dara, kanser prostat serta penyakit buah pinggang,'' kata Presidennya, S. M. Mohamed Idris pada sidang media di pejabatnya di sini semalam.

Menurutnya, selain sotong kering, makanan laut kering lain seperti tiram, ikan bilis dan udang juga mengandungi kadmium tetapi pada kadar yang lebih rendah.

"Hasil ujian yang dilakukan mendapati kandungan kadmium dalam sotong kering melebihi empat kali ganda had yang dibenarkan,'' ujarnya.

CAP membuktikan perkara itu melalui ujian rawak melibatkan enam sampel sotong kering dan hasilnya mendapati lima sampel mengandungi kadmium serta tiga daripadanya mempunyai kandungan logam itu secara berlebihan.

GEORGE TOWN - Many know keenakan dried squid plus if cooked as sambal.

However, Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) reveals, many users may not realize that the dried squid is rich in types of toxic metal cadmium, the same material used in making batteries, phosphate fertilizers and plastics.

"Effect of an intake of cadmium exposed breast cancer, prostate cancer and kidney disease,''said its president, SM Mohamed Idris in a press conference at his office here yesterday.

According to him, other than dried squid, dried seafood such as oysters, anchovies and shrimp but also contain cadmium at a rate lower.

"Results of tests conducted found that cadmium content in the dried squid more than four times the limit allowed,''he said.

CAP prove the matter through trial involving six random samples dried squid and find the results of five samples containing cadmium and three of the metal content is excessive.