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Two people are dead after sipping milk tea with a powder flavoring called “Hokkaido” in a Manila eatery. A third victim is recovering and the police are investigating.
Dr. Benjamin Yson, head of the city health department of Manila, said the incident happened “too fast, too quick and too fatal” that the victims were not able to leave the premises of ErgoCha Milk Tea House on Bustillos Street in Sampaloc for the hospital right away.
On Thursday, within three minutes of consuming the Hokkaido-flavored milk tea that he himself had prepared, shop owner William Abrigo collapsed on the floor of the eatery.
He later died at Ospital ng Sampaloc.
Earlier, before Abrigo collapsed, customer Suzaine Dagohoy and her boyfriend Arnold Aydalla had complained the milk tea that Abrigo had served them was foul-tasting.This prompted the store owner to taste the drink.Dagohoy died two hours after Abrigo had collapsed, according to the police. Aydalla was later described as in a stable condition.
Imported tea leaves
Milk tea was considered the biggest food or beverage trend in 2011 as tea shops have sprouted all over the Metro. Most milk tea shops originated from China and Taiwan, where ingredients such as the tea leaves are shipped to give an authentic taste. A regular milk tea is made of tea powder or syrup, milk and pearls (sago).
Asked yesterday if lack of sanitation at the place was a possible cause of the deaths, Yson said those who suffered from poor sanitation usually experienced diarrhea, vomiting and an upset stomach—circumstances that were absent in the cases.
“But until we have the results of the specimens sent to the BFAD (Bureau of Food and Drugs), we can’t really say what happened,” Yson told the Inquirer in a phone interview.According to SPO2 Jonathan Bautista, Dagohoy and Aydalla were Abrigo’s first customers that day in his 10-square-meter stall.The police officer said Abrigo’s help, Joseph Garnacio, had been told to make the drinks but during the time of the incident, Garnacio was sent out by his employer so he could have lunch.
Garnacio returned three minutes after Dagohoy had collapsed.
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CAUSE OF DEATH IS Organophosphate based on the doctor.
ReplyDeleteAn organophosphate (sometimes abbreviated OP) or phosphate ester is the general name for esters of phosphoric acid. Many of the most important biochemicals are organophosphates, including DNA and RNA as well as many cofactors that are essential for life. Organophosphates are the basis of many insecticides, herbicides, and nerve agents. The United States Environmental Protection Agency lists organophosphates as very highly acutely toxic to bees, wildlife, and humans.[1] Recent studies suggest a possible link to adverse effects in the neurobehavioral development of fetuses and children, even at very low levels of exposure. Organophosphates are widely used as solvents, plasticizers, and EP additives.
Organophosphates are widely employed both in natural and synthetic applications because of the ease with which organic groups can be linked together.
OP(OH)3 + ROH → OP(OH)2(OR) + H2O
OP(OH)2(OR) + R'OH → OP(OH)(OR)(OR') + H2O
OP(OH)(OR)(OR') + R"OH → OP(OR)(OR')(OR") + H2O
The phosphate esters bearing OH groups are acidic and partially deprotonated in aqueous solution. For example, DNA and RNA are polymers of the type [PO2(OR)(OR')−]n. Polyphosphates also form esters; an important example of an ester of a polyphosphate is ATP, which is the monoester of triphosphoric acid (H5P3O10).
Alcohols can be detached from phosphate esters by hydrolysis, which is the reverse of the above reactions. For this reason, phosphate esters are common carriers of organic groups in biosynthesis.
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To those who are thinking that it was the "bad milk" in the milk tea that killed them and that people should be afraid or refrain from buying milk teas, I believe you are wrong. Why? First of all, rotten milk smells well, it smells rotten. The owner or the customers should have complained of that but they didn't. They complained of a "salty" taste wherein rotten milk obviously tastes sour, think yogurt-ish sour.
I myself go to my favorite milk tea shop not to buy milk tea, but a fruit yogurt shake which I love dearly.
Will this video stop me from going there? NO
should you be afraid or stop going there? That totally depends on you. However, always exercise caution when trying out a new shop or product.
Note: I do not own a milk tea shop or work in the milk tea shop industry. I am simply a consumer of Milk tea and other products served in such shops. I have tried many brands both well known and start-ups. This post is not meant to defend the accused but rather to shed light via my personal opinion and analysis of the issue. Most people nowadays believe too quickly without analyzing or letting the story develop. It's as if when you hear news that somebody died in a car accident, you automatically assume that riding a car is bad wherein every effect has an equivalent cause before it which needs further analysis in order to rule out the chances of that same thing happening to you. Wag po basta basta na lang maniniwala at manghuhusga, at mag gegeneralize, Hintayin mabuo ang isang kwento bago humusga at magbigay-hatol.
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