Artificial ripening of fruits
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The season of summer comes with a plate of different delicious fruits. As the season has already set in, different types of fruits are now available in our markets. But it is a depressing matter that some fruits, especially mangoes and bananas, are being ripened through an artificial process using various toxic things like Ethylene, Ethane, Acetylene etc. According to the health experts, such kind of fruits is a source of health hazards. We might fall sick consuming such fruits. We should therefore avoid such fruits. Furthermore, while purchasing any colourful fruit, we ought to detect whether the fruit got ripened artificially or not.
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