Tanzania, July 19 -- Dar es Salaam. Although serving as low-cost alternatives for traders, the widespread use of printed paper for packaging consumer goods is highly hazardous because toxic chemicals threaten public health and trigger personal data leaks.

Medical experts warn that printing ink used on these materials frequently contains chemical compounds that are totally unsuitable for direct food contact, posing severe risks to human health.

Speaking to The Citizen's sister newspaper, Mwananchi, a specialist from the Department of Internal Medicine Training and Research at the Mbeya Referral Zonal Hospital, Dr Ernest Winchislaus, noted that such paper use persists due to accessibility and minimal costs.

He explained that ink-printed ...