硼砂是一種含硼礦物及硼化合物，不能用于制作食品，卻具有危險毒性的化工原料，所以在使用之前要多去了解一些事項，下面氫氧化鉀廠家為您解說。

Borax is a kind of boron containing mineral and boron compound, which cannot be used to make food, but is a dangerous and toxic chemical raw material. Therefore, you should know more about some matters before using it. The potassium hydroxide manufacturer will explain it to you below.

硼砂的應用：

Application of borax:

在特種光學玻璃、玻璃纖維、有色金屬的焊接劑、珠寶的粘結劑、印染、洗滌(絲和毛織品等)、金的精制、化妝品、農藥、肥料、硼砂皂、防腐劑、防凍劑和醫學用劑等方面也有廣泛的應用。

It is also widely used in special optical glass, glass fiber, welding agent for nonferrous metals, adhesive for jewelry, printing and dyeing, washing (silk and woolen fabrics, etc.), gold refining, cosmetics, pesticides, fertilizers, borax soaps, preservatives, antifreeze and medical disinfectants.

硼砂是制取含硼化合物的基本原料，幾乎所有的含硼化物都可經硼砂來制得。它們在冶金、鋼鐵、機械、軍工、刀具、造紙、電子管、化工及紡織等部門中都有著重要而廣泛的用途。

Borax is the basic raw material for preparing boron containing compounds. Almost all boron compounds can be prepared by borax. They are widely used in metallurgy, iron and steel, machinery, military industry, cutting tools, paper making, electronic tube, chemical industry, textile and other sectors.

在醫學上，硼砂用于皮膚黏膜的防腐、氟骨癥、足癬、牙髓炎、外陰陰道假絲念珠菌病、宮頸糜爛、褥瘡、痤瘡、外耳道濕疹、皰疹病毒性皮膚病、癲癇的，用于腫瘤的。

In medicine, borax is used for disinfection and antisepsis of skin and mucous membrane, treatment of fluorosis, tinea pedis, pulpitis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, cervical erosion, bedsore, acne, eczema of external auditory canal, herpesvirus skin disease, epilepsy, and treatment of tumors.

在動物醫學上,硼砂用于雞喉氣管炎、山羊傳染性膿皰病、豬支原體肺炎、牛慢性黏液性子宮內膜炎的，作為飼料添加劑也備受人們的關注。

In animal medicine, borax is used for the treatment of chicken laryngotracheitis, goat infectious pustulosis, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, and bovine chronic mucinous endometritis. As a feed additive, borax has also attracted people's attention.

食用含硼砂的食品，對人體有什么危害呢？

What harm does eating foods containing borax do to human body?

硼砂是一種強致癌物，已明令禁止硼砂作食物用途，在食物中放硼砂是違法的。食用含硼砂的食品會對人體產生累積性損害，長期過量攝入硼，對人體生殖、發育和內分泌系統有毒性影響。短時間攝入大劑量硼，可能導致急性中毒。

Borax is a strong carcinogen. The state has explicitly prohibited the use of borax as food. It is illegal to put borax in food. Eating foods containing borax will cause cumulative damage to human body. Long term excessive intake of boron will have toxic effects on human reproduction, development and endocrine system. High dose boron intake in a short time may lead to acute poisoning.

為什么有的人在自制自食的米粿等食品也會使用硼砂？

Why do some people use borax in homemade rice cakes and other foods?

將硼砂添加到食品中，有著相當久遠的傳統使用習慣。有的人甚認為不放硼砂的米粿、地瓜粉粿非常不好吃，但即便有歷史傳統使用習慣或者以前使用的人多，也并不意味著這種做法是正確的。食品添加硼砂其實是以前民間流傳的土法，缺乏科學認知。經過現代科學充分論證，按照現行的法律，硼砂使用在食品中就是地地道道的“非法添加物”，會嚴重危害身體健康。目前，包括在內的多數和地區，都不允許將硼砂用于食品中。

Adding borax to food has a long tradition. Some people even think that rice kueh and sweet potato flour kueh without borax are very bad, but even if they are used in historical tradition or used by many people in the past, this does not mean that this practice is correct. In fact, adding borax to food is a local law passed down among the people before, lacking scientific knowledge. It has been fully demonstrated by modern science that, according to the current law, the use of borax in food is a genuine "illegal additive", which will seriously endanger your health. At present, most countries and regions, including China, do not allow borax to be used in food.

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