Are ripened fruits deadly?
We all love eating ripped fruits like bananas and mangoes but are they still safe and healthy that they should be? This becomes a big question when the sellers serve the massive demand of ripe mangoes even if it’s not the season. Fruits ripe naturally due to ethylene, the ripping agent which makes the fruit nutritious and healthy. But nowadays sellers are opting for another way to cater to the increasing demand i.e. the use of calcium carbide (CaC2) as when it comes in contact with moisture, it produces acetylene which acts like that of a ripping agent. Calcium carbide is very harmful to our health as it contains the traces of arsenic and phosphorous and the acetylene gas may affect our neurological system as well. Consumption of these harmful chemicals may cause poisoning resulting in vomiting, diarrhea, ulcer, eye damage, shortness of breath, and cancer as well which unlocks the real fear. FSSAI has banned using calcium carbide in foods under the Prevention of Food Adu