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Shoppers have been advised to be very vigilant in the selection of food stuffs and fish on the market due to contamination with formalin and other chemical substances.
Dr. Sylvester Fameye, Senior Medical Officer of the Holy Child Catholic Hospital in Fijai, said though formalin was commonly used as an industrial disinfectant, a preservative in funeral homes and medical laboratories, the chemical was gaining roots in fish and foodstuff preservation exposing many consumers to cancer particularly testicular cancer.
Formalin, he noted, are also used as preservative in products such as antiseptics, medicines, cosmetics, soaps, shampoos, lotions and sunscreens, and cleaning products.
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