Watermelons explode in China as farmers apply too many growth chemicals to their crops
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Beyond melamine in the powdered milk and plastic in the rice, Chinese farmers have managed to achieve a little more food history with a new chemical monstrosity: Exploding watermelons.
This was accomplished by applying achemical growth promoterto the melons. A day later, one farmer saw 180 watermelons explode. Other farmers lost up to two-thirds of their watermelon crops as the melons exploded in the field. The growth chemical used on watermelons is also used on grapes and other crops, even in the United States, by the way.
It’s called forchlorfenuron, and research shows that it is implicated in human cancers and neurological disorders. It’s routinely used on melons and other crops grown in China.
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/032442_exploding_watermelons_Chinese_farmers.html
