- Department:Chemicals Administration Ministry of Environment
Do the dry goods that you purchased during Lunar New Year contain suspect chemicals? What does one need to know about environmental agents for cleaning? What chemicals are part and parcel of people’s daily lives? The EPA recommends that people visit its Facebook fan page Chem Life to learn new things about the chemicals people encounter every day.
The EPA says that Chem Life is a great resource for the public to understand more about chemical products that people encounter daily as well as their safe use. For example, many people eat red tortoise cake ( 紅龜粿 ) during Lunar New Year, but what food dyes are used to produce that color? What about residual bleach (sulfur dioxide) that remains in dehydrated vegetables? Is there any formaldehyde in new clothes or in decorations people buy around Lunar New Year? The answers to all of these questions and more can be found on Chem Life.
Chemicals are ever-present in people’s lives. They certainly make life more convenient yet at the same time can raise concerns about potential negative impacts on the environment and health. Chem Life helps to answer these questions with easyto-understand bite-size articles, which together with pictures and videos help make life safer and healthier.
Source: EPA Major Environmental Policies, March 2019
