Consultant in Diabetes/Endocrinology/General Medicine - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Overweight pregnant women are target of new guidelines (BBC News, 27 July 2010)

Indian minister warns of fruit and veg hormone injections (AFP, 28 July 2010)

28 Jul 2010

An Indian health minister has highlighted a growing practice by Indian farmers of injecting fruit and vegetables with the hormone oxytocin before sale to make them seem plumper, and warned of its potential dangers.

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