What are the side effects of consuming Calcium Carbide applied on mangoes to speed up their ripening process?

Published July 1, 2010

Question by Justanian: What are the side effects of consuming Calcium Carbide applied on mangoes to speed up their ripening process?
I was surprised to find that almost all the fruit-sellers were using calcium carbide to ripen the mangoes.

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Answer by itsurfriend
check this out:
http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0312.pdf

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