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The Watermelon You Should Never, Ever Eat
Posted By Dr. Mercola | June 03 2011 | 39,744 views
Watermelon fields in eastern China are covered in exploded fruit. Farmers used growth chemicals to make their crops bigger, but ended up destroying them instead.The farmers used the growth accelerator forchlorfenuron. Even the melons that survived tended to have fibrous, misshapen fruit with mostly white instead of black seeds.
MSNBC reports:
“Chinese regulations don't forbid use of the substance. It is also allowed in the United States for use on kiwi fruit and grapes ... About 20 farmers and 115 acres of watermelon around Danyang were affected ... Farmers resorted to chopping up the fruit and feeding it to fish and pigs”.
Sources:
MSNBC April 17, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forchlorfenuron
Excerpt:
Forchlorfenuron is a plant growth regulator.[1] It has been approved for use on kiwi fruit and grapes in the USA,[2] and it has been associated with exploding watermelons in China.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb as active substances. Official Journal of the European Union 2006-1-28
- ^ Pesticide Fact Sheet for new chemical: Forchlorfenuron; issued: September 2004. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (7501C)
- ^ Exploding watermelons! Acres of crops erupt - World news - Weird news - msnbc.com
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