Sunday, November 26, 2006

Sudan egg

Sudan egg is not referring to the eggs originated from Sudan, instead, it is referring to the eggs produced in China, where chickens and ducks are fed with food contaminated by Sudan (a form of industrial dye) to induce a reddish color in egg yolk. This case has been covered extensively in the mass media of Hong Kong (not sure about mainland China). Interestingly, CNN has an article today about how human evaluate risk wrongly. The idea is similar to what we learned from the Sudan egg incidence. The intake amount of Sudan to be fatal to human boday is equivalent to eating 200k eggs according to some authorities. On the other hand, eating meals from McDonald for 1 month consecutively can already damage your liver badly (according to the movie supersize me). Which one do general peopl more afraid of? I bet it is Sudan egg.... to be continued

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