Insider blames cleanser
By Wang Xiang |
August 31, 2010, Tuesday
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ONE week after 19 people in Nanjing City developed rapid muscle breakdown after eating crayfish, local authorities still cannot determine what caused the strange disease - but a business insider said it definitely was the washing powder that vendors used to clean the muddy crustaceans.
Though Nanjing government said that they were certain the washing powder, or oxalic acid, could not cause these symptoms, the insider surnamed Mao told yesterday's Oriental Morning Post that the washing powder actually in use was not mere oxalic acid.
The powder helps to clean crayfish that are habitually dirty because of their habitat.
They're called mudbugs because they can live in heavily polluted water.
"There were a lot more toxic substances in the powder besides oxalic acid," Mao said. "We vendors never touch the washing powder with bare hands and never eat crayfish cleaned by the powder."
Nineteen people were reported hospitalized last week with unbearable muscle pains and some with rapid kidney failure after eating crayfish. Some were still in critical condition.
Though Nanjing government said that they were certain the washing powder, or oxalic acid, could not cause these symptoms, the insider surnamed Mao told yesterday's Oriental Morning Post that the washing powder actually in use was not mere oxalic acid.
The powder helps to clean crayfish that are habitually dirty because of their habitat.
They're called mudbugs because they can live in heavily polluted water.
"There were a lot more toxic substances in the powder besides oxalic acid," Mao said. "We vendors never touch the washing powder with bare hands and never eat crayfish cleaned by the powder."
Nineteen people were reported hospitalized last week with unbearable muscle pains and some with rapid kidney failure after eating crayfish. Some were still in critical condition.
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