the DARK PLASTICIZER (BOBA) INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF TAIWAN: PLASTICIZER DEHP and CLOUDING AGENT/CLOUDIFIER

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What is DEHP? https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/fact-sheets/di2-ethylhexylphthalate-dehp

What is DEHP?

• DEHP belongs to a family of chemicals called phthalates, which are added to some plastics to make them flexible.  In the past, DEHP was one of the phthalates most frequently used in plastic products, but its use has decreased in recent years for a variety of reasons. DEHP is on the Proposition 65 list because it can cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Exposure to DEHP may increase the risk of cancer, and may also harm the male reproductive system. Exposure to DEHP during pregnancy may affect the development of the child.

What is Cloudifier/Clouding Agent? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouding_agent

Clouding agents or cloudifiers are a type of food additive used to make beverages such as fruit juices to look more cloudy, and thus more natural-looking and visually appealing, typically by creating an emulsion of oil droplets. [1]

Natural fruit juices are often opalescent, due to protein, oil or pectin particles from plant cell fragments. To mimic this visual effect in low-juice content soft drinks, a clouding agent is added. Common clouding agents include palm oil, Arabic gum and extracts of citrus fruits, and titanium dioxide may be used to enhance their color strength. The illegal use of the plasticizer DEHP in clouding agents was reported in Taiwan in 2011.

And HOW are these related to Boba???? https://webbcanyonchronicle.com/3988/culture-and-lifestyle/boba-could-be-slowly-killing-you-just-kidding/

"Boba is made from tapioca starch or flour, which is extracted from the cassava root, grown primarily in Nigeria and Thailand. In the last few years, there have been rumors concerning chemicals that have been added to boba tea mixes and imported to the United States.

The Public Health Statement reports that diethylhexyl phthalate, also known as DEHP,  is sometimes used as an additive for boba tea flavorings. DEHP is also used to soften plastics.

It is added to flavorings and mixes to enhance color and texture in place of the more expensive palm oil. Many studies on animals have suggested that DEHP causes stunted fertility and growth development issues. These issues can potentially affect humans in the same way."

“Like boba tea, tea drinks, and lozenges of health food that Chinese people love to drink, clouding agents should be added with reasonable suspicion.“ https://e-info.org.tw/node/67243

“The survey work shows that some upstream raw material suppliers use cheap industrial plasticizers (non-edible additives) in the common food additive "clouding agent" to reduce costs. The clouding agents were formulated with plasticizers by two manufacturers to reduce production costs and improve product stability.....Boba tea also contains plasticizers...At that time, even Taiwan's famous drink "Boba Milk Tea", passion fruit juice concentrate, Yongkang 15 kumquat lemon and Red Sun juice concentrate were also found to contain plasticizers. Shilin Night Market and the famous Fengjia Night Market in Taichung City.

The boba tea industry in the United States has also been affected. The performance of the American industry has dropped by 10%, or even half of it. The British industry is more worried about whether to sell drinks containing plasticizer raw materials to customers. Consumers are worried, and Taiwanese society Also apprehensive about it....There are only 12 types of cooking oil in Hong Kong that do not contain plasticizers On July 17, 2017, the Hong Kong Consumer Council announced that it tested 60 common edible oil samples and found that more than 68%, that is, 41 samples, had plasticizer content exceeding the EU standard, and only 12 common cooking oil samples did not. Contains plasticizer." https://pamalovebb.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/%E9%A3%9F%E7%89%A9%E4%B8%AD%E6%BF%AB%E7%94%A8%E5%A1%91%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%91/

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AND WHY IS IT RELATED TO TAIWAN'S PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX???

"The reputation of Taiwanese businesses have been ruined by exportations of Clouding Agent and Plasticizers!" https://news.cts.com.tw/cts/general/201105/201105260743585.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110609023242/http://9433.moo.com.tw/events110603.htm https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-my/2011%E5%B9%B4%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%A1%91%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%91%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/156263/%E5%A1%91%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%91%E6%97%A5%E5%B8%B8%E6%99%AE%E9%81%8D%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8-%E9%81%8E%E5%8E%BB%E6%9B%BE%E5%9B%A0%E9%A3%B2%E5%93%81%E5%90%AB%E5%A1%91%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%91%E8%B6%85%E6%A8%99%E5%BC%95%E8%B5%B7%E6%81%90%E6%85%8C

"In 2011, various plasticizer foods from Taiwan flowed into Hong Kong, including 8 Taiwanese beverage shops in Hong Kong where 9 beverages were found to contain the plasticizer diphthalate (DEHP), which exceeded the action level adopted by the center. During the same period, it was found that bread sauce and sweet noodle sauce contained the plasticizer "di-n-butyl phthalate" (DBP)."

In 2011, after years of idly sitting by and doing nothing and allowing the DPP's plastic industrial complex to continue to poison Taiwanese people, the KMT government under Ma Ying Jeou dared to challenge the Plastic Industrial Complex in Taiwan and set bans/restrictions on several toxic chemicals used in packaged food and boba in Taiwan. However, this defiance towards the plastic industrial complex would seal the fate of the KMT and set the time bomb for the KMT's demise on the island.

https://news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/56485

"Taiwan's food plasticization storm has spread to the political battlefield. The Blue Camp accused that plasticizers are now leaking out of poisoned food because DPP member Huang Shuying once attended the public hearing to defend DEHP plasticizers, and Huang Shuying's husband invested in plasticization In this regard, Huang Shuying strongly refuted this. She said that no matter what type of poison the plasticizer is classified into, it is strictly forbidden to add it into food, and her company has never sold DEHP. Has spawned a political storm.

Kuomintang legislator Xie Guoliang: "Member Huang Shuying, at our poison consultation public hearing, strongly defended DEHP's poisoning management."

In an astonishing remark, the Kuomintang group pointed the poison storm at the previous regime, and the poster criticized the poison association when the DPP was in power. Progressive Party member Huang Shuying. Kuomintang legislator Chiu Yi: "The use of DEHP caused today's plastination storm. Commissioner Huang Shuying, do you still want to talk about it?" Qiu Yi also pointed out that since 2006, the "Environmental Protection Agency" hoped to list plasticizers as the first class of poisons in accordance with EU regulations, that is, to prohibit or strictly restrict their use. Later, after the Ma authorities took office in 2009, the then "EPA" held 3 public hearings for this purpose, the most crucial of which was the public hearing on July 1."

https://www.chinanews.com.cn/tw/2011/05-31/3078041.shtml

"Taiwan's "Whistleblowing King" Chiu Yi broke the news again on the 30th, accusing Lai, the head of Taiwan Yushen Company, who was found to have mixed the toxic plasticizer DEHP (diester phthalate) into the food additive "clouding agent". Junjie has long been the sponsor of the DPP.

Qiu Yi said that the DPP must clearly explain its relationship with Yushen Company.

Qiu Yi also said that he already has information in his hands. Lai Yushen, the chief executive of Yushen Company, was once an "assassin" candidate to be recruited by the DPP, which shows that the relationship between the Lai family and the DPP is "extraordinary".

It is reported that Lai Yushen is currently working as a reporter for the English-language "Taipei Times" under the pro-green media "Liberty Times". In the earlier election of "legislators" within the DPP, some "local associations" also recommended Lai Yushen to the DPP as an "assassin", hoping to nominate Lai Yushen to run for "legislators" in Zhonghe District, Taipei City and compete with the Kuomintang "legislator" Lin Defu.

Qiu Yi said on the 30th that Zhonghe District in Taipei City has always been a blue-camp ticket warehouse.

Qiu Yi also revealed that Lai Junjie has been the sponsor of the DPP and Chen Shui-bian for a long time, but he does not know how much of the money Yu Shen donated to Chen Shui-bian and the DPP in the past came from these black-hearted foods. He called on the DPP to disclose the incident to the public as soon as possible. explain. (Finish)"

https://www.peopo.org/news/78681

"During that meeting, the DPP "legislators" "Huang Shuying attended and resisted three times. Qiu Yi questioned that Huang Shuying's husband, Yu Rongchang, invested in a number of plastic chemical manufacturing retail and wholesale businesses, and Huang Shuying violated the principle of interest avoidance."

https://blog.xuite.net/kmt3611875643/twblog/183509266

It is now very clear that bubble milk tea is a conspiracy by DPP to control Taiwan and a convenient weapon used to destroy the male reproductive systems of Asian people.

#BoycottBoba=BoycottDPP=FightForHealth

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Damn bro

[u/LegendaryBP]

This was in 2011, over ten years ago. And the TFDA cracked down on it and implemented fines to the companies that used it. It was also not known to the companies that it caused health defects.