Chinese Watermelons Exploding Due To Chemicals

Finally a story about food production in China that brings chuckles, not fear and panic. This video is funny because it involves exploding melons. Overzealous farmers used a growth accelerator called forchlorfenuron (a legal substance) too late in the season which made their whole crop of melons burst.

Gallagher must be inconsolable.

On a more serious note, some papers are saying that because stories like these are becoming more frequent, it indicates that the government-controlled Chinese media is getting serious in trying to stem the problem by exposing them. This month alone brought to light more abuses, like pork tampered with a steroid which makes pigs leaner and sodium borate that disguises it to look like more expensive beef.

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