Angela OnwuzooAs the production and sale of locally made drinks such as zobo, kunu, fura de nono and tiger nut packaged in used plastic bottles become a lucrative business, experts are warning that some of these polyethylene terephthalate bottles could have been sourced from hospitals, dumpsites, drainages, and refuse bins and may put the health of consumers at risk.. Samuel Abbey, 46, didn’t find it palatable on April 15, 2022, after the tiger nut drink he took landed him in the hospital.
Recounting his ordeal, Abbey told PUNCH HealthWise that it took him over a week to regain his health and resume work, a situation he said affected his family’s welfare as he was the breadwinner. “Actually, why I like buying and taking the tiger nut drink is because it has some health benefits and less sugar than the carbonated soft drinks.
“When the stooling became uncontrollable, my wife went to the chemist and bought me some medications but the stooling did not stop. “The doctor smiled and warned me never to buy tiger nut drink nor zobo drink again from street hawkers because I don’t know the source of the water that was used in their preparation let alone the used and dirty pet bottles that were used to package them.”
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