[ diSpoSabLe choPsTicKs ]

Went out with Wa, Jam and Lissa on Tueday for dinner.. the 4 of us decided to eat at Ichiban Boshi locatd at Wisma.. I was happily eating my Black Pepper Beef set.. when Lissa suddenly exclaimed that she rem the email that Eleanor sent to all of us.. and I turned to look at the disposable chopsticks that I was holding.. AND rem the MONKEY FACES! However.. I didnt stop using the disposable chopsticks to eat my dinner.. (I was really HUNGRY!).. but was a bit hesistant about putting it in my mouth unless neccessary.. call it paranoid if u insist.. BUT u have to continue reading to decide for yourself..

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Do you know what are these chopsticks made of?

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The Production of Disposable Chopsticks

1. Chop down the Bamboo Trees

2. Prodcution in Central Vietnam

3. Bleach using Sulphur (Without any disinfection)

4. Bleach using Hydrogen Peroxide (Without any Disinfection)

5. Drying Process

6. Ready to export to Taiwan, Japan, & ...

7. Shipping ready to be sent overseas - The jourbey will take about 1 month. Meantime, the disposable chopsticks are exposed to rats and cockroaches on board.

8. Wrapping Process - Upon arrival, these disposable chopstick are sent to small factories to be wrapped without any disinfection process before sending to restaurants.

9. It reaches the consumer's mouth.

The END (Literally)

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More to come...

There are thousand and million of monkey residing inside these disposable chopsticks.

Can you see it?

Monkey faces inside the disposable chopsticks - The leftover from the chemical would stay inside these holes until you use them.

Now you know what I mean by 'monkey faces'?

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Conclusion from the experiment conducted by a student

Soak the chopstick in the water for one week. – It stinks.

Plant green peas in the soaked water. - It results in longer growing process. It stops growing when it reaches about 5cm to 6cm and its dies.

Smoke from burning these chopstick - It is acidic.

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Possible consequences of using disposable chopstick

1. Difficulty in breathing
2. Vomiting
3. Diarrhoea
4. Loss of calcium
5. Asthma
6. Limpa blockage

7. Disposable chopsticks also affect our environment

8. More trees will be cut down in the forests. (A 20-year old tree can produce 3000 to 4000 pairs of chopsticks. BUT Taiwanese use more than 100 billion pairs, which means 29 millions of trees are being cut every year just to produce these disposable chopsticks.

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If you cant avoid..........

It is suggested to smell the chopstick before use. If you detect any sour smell, it probably contains CO2. Soak them in warm and hot water for 2 to 3 min to reduce the CO2.

Best is to bring your OWN chopsticks!

What do you think now?