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Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:53 pm**

Over 1.5 tons water spinach soaked in toxic chemicals in southern Vietnam
Published: 10/09/2016 11:11

HO CHI MINH CITY, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Over 1.5 tons of water spinach, a very popular kind of vegetable in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city, was soaked in toxic chemicals to make it greener and fresh for a longer period, local media reported Saturday.

The police on Friday found that three households in the city's Cu Chi district soaked water spinach in chemicals which are used to dye cloth or print patterns on clothes, local newspaper Doi Song & Phap Luat (Life and Law) reported.

The households said they have sold around 500 kg of split water spinach a day over the past two years.
http://www.en.freshnewsasia.com/index.p ... rn-vietnam

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:32 pm**

why the fuck do they even need to do this for such a cheap produce? infected by chinese mentality apparently

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:42 am**

It's funny how they can spend time on writing a news article yet don't have time to investigate what chemical they are talking about. I would think if these plants had any chemicals on them they would turn brown , not green.

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:18 am**

Duncan wrote:It's funny how they can spend time on writing a news article yet don't have time to investigate what chemical they are talking about. I would think if these plants had any chemicals on them they would turn brown , not green.

chemicals which are used to dye cloth or print patterns

Been going on for years and don't think this isn't happening in the KoW.

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:49 am**

hanno wrote:Been going on for years and don't think this isn't happening in the KoW.

i only heard from ppl that in KOW they sprayed chemicals in the water that grew these to make them grow faster not greener

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:41 am**

Concerned female journalist to Vietnam Vet ...

" Were you ever, kinda like, you know, worried about Agent Orange?"

Vietnam Vet aforesaid: "Who was Agent Orange?"

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:29 pm**

bolueeleh wrote:
hanno wrote:Been going on for years and don't think this isn't happening in the KoW.
i only heard from ppl that in KOW they sprayed chemicals in the water that grew these to make them grow faster not greener

But then again, those '' ppl '' , because of their education standards, probably would not know the difference between DDT and a nitrogen or urea based fertilizer , which is used to promote green leaf growth.

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