It seems that the age-old belief of eating fruits and vegetables to maintain good health is no longer true.

In the latest developments, Minister of State for health, Dinesh Trivedi has written to the Union Health Secretary about the adulterated vegetables available in the market, which may be causing “nervous breakdowns, sterility and neurotic complications”.

Farmers are using hormone shots of oxytocin to expedite the growth of their vegetables. These hormones may cause irreparable damage to our health, if taken through these vegetables, over a period of time. Evenmore shocking element is that the public/authorities may also be aware of this malpractice,” Trivedi’s letter states.

Oxytocin, a commonly available and readily used hormone, is a Schedule H drug banned in India for use on animals. In local parlance it has got many names starting from ‘cocin’ and ‘paani’ to ‘dawai’ and is easily available in almost all general stores.

It has been used by the dairy farmers to plump up the milk quantities and now it is being used in the fruits and veggies too! It is indeed ironic that India - a majorly agricultural country cannot provide SAFE food to its citizens!!
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