A group of videos spread on various social media platforms, warning people against the use of some types of hot liquids such as tea and coffee, claiming to contain chemicals and tablets that cause cancers such as asbestos, while others showed videos of them smashing some of them. The holsters, and extracted from them three discs they describe as «carcinogenic points».

In contrast, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority reported that the presence of black or dark spots or dots, which appear in the interior surfaces of some heat preservation hot liquids (such as tea and coffee), has physical goals as fulcrums related to stress tolerance and thermal variation.

In detail, thousands of activists and social media influencers circulated a number of videos of people smashing coffee and tea bags, allegedly containing chemicals that cause cancer.

Photographers disassembled the evidence, shattered each glass case in front of the camera, and extracted three "semi-charcoal" discs from the pieces of glass, emphasizing that these discs are made of asbestos, a hazardous substance for human health.

While other video photographers were merely filming some of the "evidence" from the inside, to reveal the three discs in the glass case of each index, with warnings against re-use of any kind of "evidence" within which the three points.

Commenting on the prevalence of these videos among citizens and residents of the UAE, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority said that the presence of black or dark spots or dots that appear on the interior surfaces of some heat preservation hot liquids (such as tea and coffee), has physical goals, as focal points related to tolerance Pressure and thermal variability, pointing out that these cases are made of flexible materials to withstand the voltage and intensity, which means that these stains do not necessarily contain asbestos.

Responding to a question by Emirates Today, the TRA stressed that if some of the “signs” or preservatives contain asbestos, the probability of its impact or cause a risk to human health will be minimal, since asbestos poses no risk. Human health as long as it is coherent, but becomes dangerous when its fibers break down in the air and are inhaled by humans.

The Commission said: «It is very difficult to have a combination of conditions combined so that asbestos (if present in these folders) a threat to human health, especially that the risk appears when the internal part of the portfolio is broken, provided that the fracture grinding of these stains, This is in closed weather conditions, and large quantities of asbestos fibers are to be inhaled.

The Commission stated that the content provided by the videos on social networking sites is not based on scientific grounds, and is not well studied, noting that they talk about the possible cause (if any), and assert directly that the risk occurs without indicating that the occurrence of danger or damage requires The availability of a range of conditions and factors, in addition to the presence of the causative agent, these conditions and factors are not usually available in this case.

The Commission recommended the need to safely dispose of any portfolio of tea or coffee (Dallah) when exposed to breakage, as a precaution, by collecting them in bags, and close and disposal.

The Authority confirmed that the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (ADCCI) ensures the quality of any of these products, and verifies their compliance, as the body responsible for matching household appliances for food handling, including tea and coffee portfolios, calling on citizens and residents in the UAE not to drift or to circulate any anonymous information. On food safety or food rumors, refer to them for verification, by contacting the Abu Dhabi Government Contact Center on toll free number (800555).

In turn, the Consumer Safety Services Department of the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council confirmed that all products traded in stores and factories are subject to several types of control and laboratory inspection, in cooperation with the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology in relation to mandatory compliance, in order to enhance confidence in the products traded in the Emirate.

The management stated in the official page of the Abu Dhabi Council for Quality and Conformity that the process of monitoring products that are dangerous to health, safety and environment to ensure compliance with the local technical regulations, is carried out in coordination with the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology in the field of mandatory conformity programs, through five main steps, including sampling The products are inspected in certified laboratories to ensure their safety and conformity with safety standards, issuing a safety certification mark for controlled products, which allows the consumer to distinguish between products conforming to technical regulations and non-conforming regulations, as well as spreading awareness Consumers to reduce their use or consumption of goods of poor quality low, through various media and advertising media (websites, brochures, participation in seminars and conferences related).

According to the Consumer Safety Services Department, the five steps of product monitoring also included the development of a database of injuries and accidents resulting from consumer products, helping to enhance conformity programs and direct interaction with consumers, and tracking and responding to local and international product retrieval and response.

Asbestos delayed trading ban

A video of the Oman TV news bulletin, during which the announcer announced a decision by the General Authority for Consumer Protection in the Sultanate to ban the circulation of types of tea and coffee portfolios, after laboratory tests and tests proved that they contain asbestos harmful to health .

Heating «black dots»

The director of the Food and Drug Administration in Jordan, Haile Obeidat, that the black dots in the «coffee coffers gentlemen» may be carcinogenic, according to technical reports and international references, stressing in radio statements circulating on social networking sites that «asbestos» cause cancer in case Exposure to heat and its transfer to the human body.

It is necessary to safely dispose of the tea or coffee bag when broken.

Asbestos poses no risk to human health as long as it is firm