Friday, April 14, 2006

Silver-foiled sweets a cancer threat


Remember all the pedas and diwali sweets?.. I do? And remember the silver foil on them.. yes I do..... Now this is news... all that silver on the sweets we eat can lead to cancer !! yep... The thin layer of silver foil found at sweets contain significant amounts of carcinogenic nickel, lead, chromium and cadmium, a study carried out by the scientists of Industrial Toxicology Research Centre said. So next time I am having sweets I will look out for that unhealthy foil!!! For more info on this check this article http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=288212&ssid=28&sid=env

1 comments:

Vish said...

you know....that makes me sad! not that i'm going to stop eating those sweets or anything....it just bums me out....oh well!!!!
who would have thought that those silver little things on those amazing sweets would do that!!!!