Information on whether dicyandiamide or DCD has unhealthy effects on the human body is yet to be determined, Minister of Technology, Patali Champika Ranawaka stated.
Speaking at a press conference held in Colombo today (August 22), he said that claims that companies have made that DCD is not dangerous to humans however cannot be accepted either.
The Minister said that it had been proven that the chemical melamine, which is created when two DCD molecules combine, has adverse effects on the body while adding that it would take extensive testing to determine the true facts about DCD.
Ranawaka claimed that he stood for the children of the country who had the right to reject food containing artificial chemical ingredients in it while stating that they will not be turned into test subjects for foreign laboratories.
He also endorsed the data released on DCD by the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI).
