Open Means Open Means

Ill-effects of artificial ripening of fruits

2.9K Views
0 Replies
1 min read
Daily Dose
- Ethylene is known to cause damage to the neurological system, affects the eyes, skin, lungs, memory and leads to prolonged hypoxia (lack of oxygen supply).

- Ethephon is a plant growth regulator. It promotes pre-harvest ripening in apples, currants, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, morello cherries, citrus fruit, figs, tomatoes, sugar beet and fodder beet seed crops, coffee, capsicum. Ethephon is easily converted into ethylene and has the same harmful effects.
State Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) has banned the use of ethephon last year, but fruit traders have now resorted to bethylene.

17 Replies

U
Good information shared this will be usefull to all of us.
• Permalink
U
This is an important information to all. Thanks for nice posting.
• Permalink
U
some fruits like apple and guva. if you find them shining more then take a blad and shave them. because wax will be applied to them so that they can be stored for more days. if that goes into our body we may suffer with diseases
• Permalink
U
for more earning sellers are kiding with health of people .But they don't know it will soon have effect on themselves also.
• Permalink
U
Thanks to sarala and abhishek for the sharing of valuable information to us.
• Permalink
U
The producers and merchants do anything to quicken profits. Artificial ripening is quicker and the producers want to get cash at the earliest. This is true everywhere as all are in haste.
• Permalink
U
Not only fruits , they even use they even use some insecticides for vegetables. Recently I have prepared a spinach curry. but we couldn't eat it as it is medicine taste. If we consume such food , it will surely cause some ill effects and some time even cancer.
• Permalink
U
Early ripening techniques are used to complete the population demands but it is playing with health of population.
• Permalink
U
Friends almost all food products have become poison. We cannot totally avoid it. We can take some remedial steps to avoid its side effect. Keep fruits soaked in cold water for atleast 5 hours. Peel little deep, upper layer of fruits before having it. This can help you to consume less chemicals.
• Permalink
U
yes today even fruits are not healthy if artificial ripening is done. That is why more and more focus is on organic farming.Very nice and useful information shared.
• Permalink
U
But now a days it is impossible to know which is artificial or not.
• Permalink
U
Yes sarala you are correct , i had a personal experience and i saw a apple which was waxed.
• Permalink
U
yes, vimala. For keeping apple fresh , they are applying wax to fruits. so for the fruits which we eat directly with its skin, we need shave it with a knife or we should remove the skin and then have it
• Permalink
U
Sarala can you tell me how would we know that wax has been applied on apple? is it possible to know this before hand?
• Permalink
U
sarala how the apples are waxed i dont know this up to now.

can you share us more information about this.
• Permalink
U
the apple like fruits are waxed with invisible one.If you want when you purchase apples take blade and shave lightly without peeling the skin of it. then you will get white powder like thing. They have showed in the news.
• Permalink
U
Thanks for sharing this information to us it will really helpful for me .
• Permalink

Topic Author

A

Abhishek Dua

@abhishekdua

Topic Stats

Created Friday, 31 December 2010 16:27
Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
Replies 0
Views 2.9K
Likes 0

Category

Daily Dose

Discussions on every day events, tips, ideas and other useful information.

4.3K Topics

Share This Topic