The melons of China are exploding. They’re not bursting with goodness, but with chemicals. Chinese farmers have been speeding the watermelon harvest by treating plants with a little too much Forchlorfenuron (FCF), a growth regulator.
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Exploding Melons!
May 17, 2011Brave New Watermelon
August 18, 2010
They’re round and green, and open with a pop. They’re the experimental watermelons of the 21st century, “small hybrid triploid beauties with names like Precious Petite and Orchid Sweet,” writes Kim Severson in the New York Times.
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