Tainted foods are daily problem in Asia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070616/ap_on_re_as/asia_tainted_foods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070616/capt.b66512dc80dc491d9539403529ba3f33.asia_tainted_foods_axdg106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=XuCDHeX43EbgVtUzU1gMdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The remains of a lunch at a shop north of Honoi, Vietnam, on May 15, 2007. Food safety is a daily issue in Asia where hot weather, a lack of refrigeration and the demand for cheap street food drives vendors to find inexpensive ways to preserve their products despite health risks. Enforcement is lax in many countries where deaths from food poisoning are common and farmers often spray banned pesticides, such as DDT, on produce. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - As Nguyen Van Ninh needles his chopsticks through a steaming bowl of Vietnam's famous noodle soup, he knows it could be spiked with formaldehyde. But the thought of slurping up the same chemical used to preserve corpses isn't enough to deter him.</p><br clear="all"/>

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