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    Ten of the most common fruits are comparable to arsenic

    • Last Update: 2014-03-18
    • Source: Internet
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    Pear: the auxin can make it precocious The auxin can make it precocious, and then bleach and dye it with bleaching powder and colorant (lemon yellow) The treated pear juice is less tasteless, sometimes accompanied by peculiar smell and rotten smell This kind of poisonous pear has a short storage time and is easy to rot Apple: the color of red accelerating element is promoted by expanding element, red accelerating element and preservative Excessive use of expansin, erythropoietin and preservative will damage the liver Retail fruit sellers also apply industrial paraffin wax to apples to keep them hydrated and make them look bright and attractive Watermelon: the use of ripening agent, expanding agent and highly toxic pesticide is beyond the standard of the swelling agent The stripes on the watermelon skin are uneven After cutting, the pulp of the watermelon is fresh, and the seeds are white with peculiar smell Grape: put in ethylene to turn purple, put the immature green grape into ethephon dilution solution and soak it After one or two days, the green grape will turn into purple grape This kind of grape has uneven color, less sugar content, less juice and light taste It is harmful to human body if eaten for a long time Mango: cover yellow with quicklime, cover yellow with quicklime, make the skin look yellow, but it doesn't taste like mango, and there is also the problem of excessive use of preservatives Peach: soaked in industrial citric acid honey peach soaked in industrial citric acid, peach is bright red and not perishable This chemical residue can damage the nervous system, induce allergic diseases and even cause cancer Add alum, sweetener, alcohol, etc to make it crisp and sweet The main component of alum is aluminum sulfate Long term consumption of alum will lead to problems such as hyperosteogeny, memory loss, dementia, decreased skin elasticity and increased wrinkles White peach is smoked with sulfur, and sulfur dioxide remains Guiyuan: spray sulfur to become brilliant, spray sulfuric acid or soak in acid solution to make it bright in color Sulfuric acid is highly corrosive and can burn the digestive tract It is also easy to cause cold, diarrhea and strong cough Litchi: sulfuric acid immersion, sulfuric acid solution immersion, or spray with Ethrel agent, so that the color of litchi becomes bright red and attractive, but it is easy to rot This kind of solution has strong acidity, can make the hand desquamate, the mouth blisters, and can burn the stomach and intestines There are also fruit sellers who smoke with sulfur Sulfur dioxide can cause strong irritation to eyes and throat, resulting in dizziness, abdominal pain and diarrhea Sulfur dioxide can also cause cancer Banana: ripen with ammonia or sulfur dioxide This kind of banana has a bright yellow skin, but its flesh tastes stiff and not sweet Sulfur dioxide causes damage to human nervous system and affects liver and kidney function Persimmon: ripen raw persimmon with yeast or ripening agent, but the sweetness of persimmon is greatly reduced There are also fruit farmers in the raw persimmon Tiba point on the "test spirit" to make it red These chemicals all produce residues that poison persimmons.
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