Watermelon farmers in China are experiencing a problem with their crops: exploding watermelons. The farmers in order to have the watermelons grow faster have been using the chemical forcholorfenuron however administered wrongly they did too "good" a job and the melons have been literally bursting from growing so quickly.
What is disturbing is that this chemical has been popular for 3 decades and accelerates growth by a reported 20%. We add chemicals in order for our food to grow faster and to look better in order to sell them. But do we really need to? How has decades of adding chemicals to our food in order for our meat, fruit and vegetables to grow bigger faster changed our taste, let alone our health?
For the full article please go to http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/17/growth-chemical-leads-to-exploding-watermelons-in-china/
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