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Carbide-tainted fruits cause serious health hazard

Seasonal summer fruits contaminated with carbide are causing serious health hazards such as stomach pain, acidity, food poisoning, digestive trouble and colon cancer, experts said on Saturday. "Carbide mix hinders biochemical reaction in fruits and subsequently cause the deadly diseases including cancer," Professor ABM Faruque of the Department of Pharmacy of Dhaka University told BSS on Saturday.