{"id":28311,"date":"2018-10-24T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28311"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:18:40","slug":"a-fishy-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-fishy-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"A fishy matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fishy matter<\/a><\/p>\n

News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Recently, the traces of the chemical formaldehyde in fish found in several states.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    2. Recently, the Kerala government found formaldehyde-laced fish being transported into the State.<\/p>\n

    3. Formalin, a cancer-inducing chemical used illegally to preserve fish<\/p>\n

    4. The study conducted in Chennai revealed around 5-20 ppm of the chemical in freshwater and marine fish in two of the city\u2019s markets<\/p>\n

    5. Goa also reported similar findings. However, its food and drug administration later clarified that the levels in Goa samples were on a par with \u201cnaturally occurring\u201d formaldehyde in marine fish.<\/p>\n

    6. The Food Safety and Standard of India has banned formaldehyde in fresh fish.<\/p>\n

    7. The International Agency for Research on cancer labeled the chemical a carcinogen in 2004.<\/p>\n

    8. IARC evidences mainly based on studies on workers in industries such as printing, textiles, and embalming.<\/p>\n

    9. Problems associated with\u00a0 formaldehyde in fish:<\/u><\/p>\n