[net-gold] INDOOR GARDENING : MEDICAL: TOXICOLOGY AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES : COUNTRIES: MALAYSIA: Ban on 'Soil Jelly'
- From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Net-Gold -- Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Net-Gold <Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K-12ADMINLIFE <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K12AdminLIFE <K12AdminLIFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, MediaMentor <mediamentor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Digital Divide Diversity MLS <mls-digitaldivide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Platinum <net-platinum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Grigsby <myarchives1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <NetGold_general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple Gold Discussion Group <TEMPLE-GOLD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple University Net-Gold Archive <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Lists -- Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports Tourism <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, HEALTH-RECREATION-SPORTS-TOURISM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Indoor Gardening -- Indoor Gardening and Urban Gardening <indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Indoor Gardening Urban <IndoorGardeningUrban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:20:09 -0400 (EDT)
.
.
INDOOR GARDENING :
MEDICAL: TOXICOLOGY AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES :
COUNTRIES: MALAYSIA:
Ban on 'Soil Jelly'
.
.
Ban on 'Soil Jelly'
Saturday, Aug 27, 2011
New Straits Times
Asia One Health
http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20110827-296463.html
.
.
PUTRAJAYA - The supply and sale of Seven Colour Crystal Balls (SCCB) and
similar products have been banned from today.
.
Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail
Sabri Yaakob said this followed reports from Kuala Lumpur Hospital on
major operations it had to carry out on seven children, aged between 1 and
5, from April last year after they swallowed the substance used as a soil
substitute for indoor plants.
.
The recent cases involved a 12-month-old and another toddler who had to
undergo similar laparotomy at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical
Centre.
.
Reports from HKL, he said, stated that substances much like SCCB, which
are transparent, jelly-like and slimy, had caused the children's
intestines to be clogged.
.
This easy-to-swallow substance, which is normally 0.5cm in size, when
soaked briefly could expand by about six times to take the shape of jelly
balls.
.
However, the ministry, in a two-hour sampling of SCCB using plain water,
discovered that the product could expand between 290 and 444 times from
its original size.
.
A two-hour laboratory test on SCCB to simulate the intestines and pH acid
level of the human stomach showed that the substance could expand between
36 and 55 per cent.
.
Ismail Sabri said danger set in when upon swallowing, the water content in
the children's intestines causes the balls, also widely known as Jelly
Ball, Crystal Jelly, Baby Crystal and Crystal Soil, expanded further,
blocking the intestinal walls.
.
The children would show symptoms like vomiting, fever, constipation and
stomach ache as well as leakage and corrosion of the intestines.
.
He said the ban was necessary as chances of such cases recurring were high
as these jelly-like substances were easily available, highly attractive to
the young and often mistaken for toys or food.
.
.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
.
.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com
Net-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html
Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w
http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en
General Internet & Print Resources
http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet
COUNTRIES
http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info
EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT
TOURISM
http://guides.temple.edu/tourism
DISABILITIES
http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES
INDOOR GARDENING
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
Educator-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
K12ADMINLIFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/
The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide:
THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER
http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79
Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold
http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o
and also http://gallery.me.com/neemers1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/
Twitter: davidpdillard
Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit,
Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books.
Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay
David P. Dillard
http://tinyurl.com/p63whl
http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw
INDOOR GARDENING
Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening
SPORT-MED
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html
http://groups.google.com/group/sport-med
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html
HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/
http://groups.google.com/group/healthrecsport
http://healthrecsport.jiglu.com/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html
.
.
Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU
in search results for Net-Gold and related lists.
The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has
been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145
.
.
Other related posts:
- » [net-gold] INDOOR GARDENING : MEDICAL: TOXICOLOGY AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES : COUNTRIES: MALAYSIA: Ban on 'Soil Jelly' - David P. Dillard
