That brings a wow feel when you sip in the a drink embellished with glossy crushed pieces of ice. But there`s something you got to check! There`s a very important caution from city doctors. Here it is: If the ice you consume is contaminated, it will not stop with causing sore throat, but severe diseases like jaundice, diarrhea and typhoid.
Chennai is quite on a weaker phase with a spurt of diseases, whereas the food safety and drug administration department seems to be panicked with staff shortage. Testing samples of ice seems to have got the very last position in their agenda.
On visiting ice manufacturing units, officials say they find most ice to be produced under unhygienic environment the source of which is untreated water from bore well or water tankers!