My Hortatory Exposition Text

Dangerous Fake Meatball

            Nowadays, a meatball becomes a favorite food for everyone because of its taste, which is very delicious. We can find meatball seller wherever we go because of the big profit we get if we sell it. It makes few people do cheating in making the meatball in order to get a big profit itself. They add some formalin and borax just for making the food looks beautiful. Although they know about the bad effects of substances, they still do it.

            First, as we know that formalin is used for preserving a corpse. Imagine if we consume it, automatically, we have poisoned from that substance. From the research stated that formalin is one of carcinogen compounds that trigger the growth of cancer. Actually, the use of formalin is for preserving the dead body but they use it for preserving the meatball and to make it looks more beautiful.

            Second, besides using formalin they also use borax, which is added in the meatball. Actually, the use of borax is for chemical material like anti-rust agent and material for dentures. If we consume a meatball that contains a borax, so it will be very dangerous for our health. It will cause many diseases for our body such as an inflammation of the digestive track and makes our tissue to be broken. They use borax just for making the meatball become elastic and more beautiful.

            Both formalin and borax are not appropriate to be used in a food. Those substances are very dangerous for our body if we consume it. We have to be selective when we choose the healthy meatball to be consumed. The hygiene place is very important to be considered when we eat the meatball.