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May 19, 2011
Chinese Watermelon Land Mines
Local, sustainable garbage:
Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of "land mines." Many of farmers resorted to chopping up the fruit and feeding it to fish and pigs, the report said. -- News from The Associated Press
Posted by Vanderleun at May 19, 2011 7:15 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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So now they'll have exploding pigs?
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at May 19, 2011 12:06 PM