If you weren’t already scared of GMO foods, this might be the story that changes the tides. We already know that GMO cultivation means erosion, depleted soils, and often killing all wildlife around the crops, but did you know that GMO watermelons have been exploding like land mines in China?

According to Grist:

Chinese watermelon crops just had an unfortunate run-in with the growth accelerator forchlorfenuron, which makes plants’ cells divide faster to pump up growth rates. Supposedly forchlorfenuron can bump up harvest schedules by two weeks and increase fruit size by 20 percent. But if farmers spray too late or in the wrong conditions, acres of melons explode like ‘land mines’ in a scene of carnage that one farmer said haunted his dreams.

These exploding watermelons have shined light on some farming mistakes. According to the Guardian:

The report said the farmers sprayed the fruit too late in the season and during wet conditions, which caused the melons to explode like ‘landmines’. After losing three hectares (eight acres), Liu said he was unable to sleep because he could not shake the image of the fruit bursting. ‘On 7 May, I came out and counted […]