What does a poisonous watermelon look like

Now that technology is becoming more and more advanced, people have developed many growth promoters, pesticides and other products that can be used in agricultural production. Since these products can increase farmers' income, many farmers will choose to use these products. However, if people buy such products and eat them, it will cause some effects on the human body. Therefore, we should try our best to avoid buying such things. When we choose watermelons, how can we avoid buying poisonous watermelons?

Watermelons containing phosphorus have uneven yellow and green stripes. Choose carefully

It is forbidden to use strong pesticides when growing watermelons, but driven by economic interests, a small number of watermelon farmers use pesticides to kill insects. Organophosphorus pesticides are the most widely used and largest amount of insecticides in my country. It mainly includes DDT, Dimethoate, and Trichlorfon. When organophosphorus pesticides enter the human body in large quantities over a short period of time, they can cause a series of injuries, mainly damage to the nervous system. The watermelons containing organophosphorus pesticides have uneven yellow-green stripes on the surface, the flesh is relatively red, the seeds are white, and the taste is not sweet. It is recommended that citizens choose those with smooth and flat surface, clear patterns, obvious lines, and symmetrical ends when purchasing.

Injection watermelon

There are many unscrupulous bosses who put their "thoughts" into unripe watermelons, injecting banned food additives, cyclamate, and carmine! For example, the "injected watermelon" has red flesh and sweet "rich" juice, but the additives used are toxic, destroying the liver and kidney functions and affecting children's intellectual development! After the injected watermelon is cut, you can see the injection marks! So if the boss who sells watermelons agrees, we try to buy the cut half of the watermelon!

Phosphorus-containing watermelon sprayed with pesticides

The stripes on this kind of watermelon are uneven yellow and green. Organophosphorus pesticides are the most widely used and largest amount of insecticides in my country. After people eat this kind of watermelon, they will experience poisoning symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Excessive use of hormones and premature ripening of watermelons

To ensure their watermelons are sweet, some watermelon farmers repeatedly "bury saccharin" at the roots of the watermelon vines. This habit tastes good, but it is indeed the most difficult to detect and find among poisonous watermelons!

Next, let’s take a look at how to identify poisonous watermelons. Watermelons that have been treated with hormones have uneven yellow-green stripes on their rind. After cutting, the flesh is particularly bright, but the seeds are white and do not taste sweet. This kind of melon is prone to crooked and deformed fruits, such as asymmetry at the two ends, depression in the middle, swelling at the head and tail, etc., and there are color spots or large color differences on the surface. When eating watermelon, if you find that it tastes bad, especially if your tongue feels numb, you should stop eating it immediately.