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Exploding watermelons put spotlight on Chinese farming practices
The Guardian ^
| May 17, 2011
| Jonathan Watts
Posted on 05/17/2011 9:14:50 AM PDT by Parmenio
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To: Parmenio
Kinda reminds me of somebody ...
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:39:39 AM PDT
by
Lmo56
(If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
To: ErnBatavia
Gallagher should sue the Chinese for endangerment. They’re trying to make the melons explode BEFORE he gets ‘em with the Sledge-O-Matic.
(Lame attempt at humor)
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:40:04 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(Help stamp out crack-pull up your pants.)
To: Parmenio
In China it is pretty well understood that you don’t buy watermellons by weight, you buy them by the each price. That is because it is easy to inject a watermelon with water and the water is obviously not good where the farmers are located.
Guess the market figured out a way to get around that common knowledge and resorted to using the substance reported in this article.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:40:21 AM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: Parmenio
On the other hand, who in their right mind would eat a U.S. grown chicken?! Talk about injected.
Although none to my knowledge have blown up so maybe it is not as bad as exploding watermelons.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:42:29 AM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: All
It is threads like this that make Free Republic my destination of choice on the Internet.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:44:19 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
To: Yo-Yo
With all due respect to Gunny Ermey, he needs to blouse those M42s to showcase the Corcorans! Although I do appreciate him showing of the M1A1...a vastly underappreciated weapon :-)
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:45:45 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: gunsequalfreedom
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:51:00 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Slings and Arrows
26 posts and no one has pinged you to exploding Chinese watermelons. This place ain’t what it used to be.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:51:10 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Parmenio
LOL,
For those that oppose the government mandating specific food labeling, I support the government forcing food stores to label Chinese imported food as “Grown in China” or something similar. I definitely want to avoid any food imported from there.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:51:34 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
To: Lazmataz
Here’s a “feel better” ping for you.
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Thank you, Dubya and U.S. military. You did not falter. You did not fail.)
To: humblegunner; TheMom; Eaker; Hap; Bacon Man; Allegra
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posted on
05/17/2011 9:56:35 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Parmenio
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:04:32 AM PDT
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
To: Parmenio
Somebody needs to tell Dave Barry. I have an old column (Break out the dynamite: another exploding animal tale) that’s a riot!
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:08:14 AM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: Parmenio
After gun powder exploding watermelons, what is next for the Chinese.
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:09:37 AM PDT
by
JayAr36
(Education is what we had before educators. Mark Steyn)
To: JACKRUSSELL
China ping!
The line about farmers keeping their own gardens seperate is especially revealing.
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:10:59 AM PDT
by
Ellendra
(Remember the Battle of Athens, Tennessee: Aug. 2, 1946)
To: Parmenio
“Liu said he was unable to sleep because he could not shake the image of the fruit bursting.”
This sounds like some really deep personal issues.
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:15:40 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Your party left you.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
maybe we should cultivate these along the Mexican Border...
Great idea!!
To: boycott
"Over 50% of the inspected fish they send us is rejected. Far less than 1% of the fish is ever inspected. Theyll take their chances with less than 1% inspected.
SCARY we have such high demands on our food producers but allow their deadly slop to be sent to us.
"
On sale now at your local WAL*MART.
To: Parmenio
No Chinese food in our house.
To: Parmenio
Many wary consumers choose to buy foreign products, which are seen as safer. But this is also vulnerable to mislabelling. The Fruit Industry Association of Guangdong province told reporters this week that "most 'imported' fruit are grown in China". I wonder if this happens here, in reverse - imported Chinese food labeled as grown in the USA.
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posted on
05/17/2011 10:46:31 AM PDT
by
roadcat
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