Most pipo dey confuse naphthalene balls wit di edible camphor - but dem dey different. In Ghana, di food and drugs authority don register products wey contain naphthalene for use as insecticides.

Naphthalene balls, also known as moth balls or camphor balls, are spherical pieces of a white solid material containing at least 98 percent naphthalene.

Technology (KNUST), Dr. Gloria Mathanda Ankar-Brewoo have revealed that Naphthalene balls otherwise known as camphor causes cataracts.

Naphthalene was detected in all food samples used for the study in concentrations ranging from 1.7 to 6.5 mg kg −1. The concentration of camphor was as high as 6500mgkg in rice and hot pepper ...

Originally made from camphor, they are now mostly made with chemicals like naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene. These chemicals release strong fumes that are toxic to insects and their larvae.

It was demonstrated that camphor, chloronaphthalene, naphthalene and thymol could be successfully trapped onto Tenax TA™ sorbent tubes and pseudo-quantitatively analysed using TD-GC-MS ...

One of it is the Naphthalene balls or camphor." He advised that parents run blood tests on their children to ensure the children do not have the G6PD deficiency before exposing them to camphor.