Sugar crisis
Recently BTV started showing a feature on the bad effects of consuming Indian sugar which is available in our local market. Indian sugar contains ingredients like hydrogen peroxide H2O2 which can cause severe damage to health.
Concentrated hydrogen peroxide (50%) is corrosive, and even domestic-strength solutions can cause irritation to the eyes, mucous membranes and skin. Swallowing hydrogen peroxide solutions is particularly dangerous, as decomposition in the stomach releases large quantities of gas (10 times the volume of a 3% solution) leading to internal bleeding. Inhaling over 10% can cause severe pulmonary irritation.
The general people don't know much about this. I think there should be a wider publicity of the bad effect of the Indian white sugar. Another thing is that the local sugar is not available everywhere. There are only a few market places where the Bangladeshi sugar is found.
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