Unrecorded traditional distilled spirits (bai jiu, 白酒) are made and used throughout rural China for everyday use and special occasions. Nearly every town or village has a distiller to supply the demand. In rural China, distilling bai jiu is legal and regulated lightly or not at all. The World Health Organization estimates that as much as 25% of all alcohol consumed in China is unrecorded alcohol, of which an unknown portion is unrecorded bai jiu. Little is known about the composition of unrecorded Chinese spirits from rural parts of the country. This study focused on white spirits because the high ethanol (EtOH) concentration makes them more likely to contribute to health risks compared to other types of lower alcohol by volume (ABV) Chinese unrecorded alcohol.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/composition-unrecorded-distilled-alcohol-bai-jiu-produced-small-rural-factories
[2] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.13280/epdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ian-newman
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ling-qian
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/niran-tamrakar-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/alcoholism-clinical-and-experimental-research
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alcoholism
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
