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Use of Formalin and Other Additives in Foods

Formalin is a preservative used for biological specimens and experiments, not food, and can endanger human health when used as a food preservative. Loose government control has allowed formalin and other dangerous preservatives to be widely used in Indonesian food, threatening public health. Considering these dangers, the use of formalin and other preservatives in food must be addressed immediately to avoid harming people.

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Use of Formalin and Other Additives in Foods

Formalin is a preservative used for biological specimens and experiments, not food, and can endanger human health when used as a food preservative. Loose government control has allowed formalin and other dangerous preservatives to be widely used in Indonesian food, threatening public health. Considering these dangers, the use of formalin and other preservatives in food must be addressed immediately to avoid harming people.

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Use of Formalin and Other Additives in Foods

The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been serious problem for
three reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimens and
experiments. Formalin in Biology is a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water which is
usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food
preservatives. Of course when it is used for food preservative, it will be very dangerous to
human’s body.

The second reason is that there is no tight control from the government. This condition makes
the people’s health is really in a threat. When the control is weak and the use formalin was
spread wide all over the Indonesian regions, and these days it has really happened, the
citizen's bodies will be badly contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food traders still sell
their products which contain formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our
digestive system absorbs the substance that should be for the human and animal corpses?

Considering the reasons, we can make a conclusion that the use of formalin and other
preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved immediately. People have to
avoid consuming formalin in their food

Answer these questions based on the text above.


1. Why is formalin dangerous for human`s body?
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
3. What does the writer suggest?
4. Write down the ‘Thesis’ of the text above.
5. What will happen if the use of formalin is spread all over the Indonesian regions?

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