Desiccant explosion highlights security detail management deficiencies 
 
 
The 2015-06-18 
 
 
Source: health
 
 
Wang Daihua (citizen) 

    CCTV reported a 5-year-old boy break snack bag of desiccant, desiccant pour into the bottle and add water to play, the results of instantaneous explosion, just two minutes, the boy's right face redness, peeling, eye blindness caused by alkaline liquid erosion. The child's mother said that normally charged children don't eat desiccant, desiccant can explode after mixed with water. (June 17, "the river signs up for")
 
    Is "don't say I don't know, startled me". According to the report, now in the market of food desiccant silica gel and lime two main points, the safety of the silica gel is higher, chemical corrosion resistance is also lower, but the low cost of calcium lime, risk is high. In daily life, people are buying packaged food, often can see the small bag of desiccant, but who knows what kind of desiccant explosion happens under certain conditions.
 
    Since quick lime desiccant such security risks, relevant administrative departments should be safety risk assessment, if the risk is difficult to avoid, and have a safe alternatives, quick lime desiccant can on the disabled list, prohibited from entering the food bag, to prevent the desiccant explosion accidents. Food security detail management of production, consumption, hundreds of millions of consumers' health, relevant departments should not only pay attention to food safety, the popularization of scientific knowledge, also should be "desiccant explosion" grab this kind of thing, to ensure the safety of the consumer spending.