Food adulterated with borax and bleaching agents: a health time bomb VnExpress Foods containing borax and bleaching agents can cause serious health problems, from nerve damage and acute poisoning to organ damage.
Three Ho Chi Minh City establishments found soaking banana blossoms in bleach and borax VnExpress Police discovered hundreds of kilograms of banana blossoms being soaked in borax and bleach at three establishments in Ho Chi Minh City before being sold.