Formaldehyde in China Cabbage

Here it go again. Cabbages from China are spray with formaldehyde to keep them fresh longer.  Formaldehyde is a chemical used to preserve dead organisms and animals including human corpses.  It is carcinogenic i.e. causes cancer.  Cabbages are low cost vegetables and is widely used in hawker centres.  All "Economical Rice" stalls will have at least one cabbage dish and usually two - non-spicy cabbage or a major ingredient in curry vegetables.

Eating out can be a dangerous event.  Hawkers will go for lowest cost raw materials and vegetables from China is most competitive in price.  Unfortunately, it is also the high risk factor as Chinese sources tend to have higher incidence of pesticides and other lethal chemical. 

We are living in dangerous time....