Borax Content in Foods Sold in a Campus and Its Trader Characteristics Fauzi Fany Saymona1, Susanna Dewi2 1Undergraduate Student, Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia 16424 2Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia 16424 Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Borax is a substance that is commonly used as solder, a wood preservative, for cleaning, and as an antiseptic, but borax is often misused as a food preservative. The chemical borax has toxic effects that are carcinogenic when it accumulates in a body. A total of 77 food samples were tested for borax in the laboratory and the number of foods containing borax chemicals were obtained. It was found that 3.8% of the food samples tested positive for containing borax chemicals, which was from two samples of meatballs and one sample of curly noodles. Top Keywords Borax, food, canteen. Top |