Chewing betel nuts, even without the commonly used flavorings, has adverse health effects, the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) said on Thursday last week.
Many people erroneously believe that chewing “all-natural” betel nuts is harmless to their health, HPA Cancer Prevention and Control Division Director Lin Li-ju (林莉茹) said.
Arecoline, a nicotinic stimulant that the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies as a Group 1 carcinogen, occurs naturally in betel nuts and cannot be removed before consumption, she said.
Chewing betel nuts also causes abrasions in the mouth, which can trigger the growth of premalignant tissue that precedes cancer, she said.
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Taiwan is committed to defending itself if its democracy is threatened, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, warning of “catastrophic consequences” if it were to fall to China.
Framing cross-strait tensions as a contest between authoritarian and liberal regimes, Tsai wrote in an article in <i>Foreign Affairs</i> magazine that Taiwan “is a liberal democracy on the frontlines of a new clash of ideologies,” but remains committed to “democratic, progressive values.”
“A failure to defend Taiwan would not only be catastrophic for the Taiwanese; it would overturn a security architecture that has allowed for peace and extraordinary economic development in the region for
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNATaiwan is committed to defending itself if its democracy is threatened, President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） said yesterday, warning of “catastrophic consequences” if it were to fall to China.
Taiwan is committed to defending itself if its democracy is threatened, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, warning of “catastrophic consequences” if it were to fall to China.
Framing cross-strait tensions as a contest between authoritarian and liberal regimes, Tsai wrote in an article in <i>Foreign Affairs</i> magazine that Taiwan “is a liberal democracy on the frontlines of a new clash of ideologies,” but remains committed to “democratic, progressive values.”
“A failure to defend Taiwan would not only be catastrophic for the Taiwanese; it would overturn a security architecture that has allowed for peace and extraordinary economic development in the region for