@ DF: Actually it’s the ALAR the grower sprayed on it. It breaks down into unisymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine, a cancer-causing agent. After 40 years, it still remains legal in the U.S., excepting N.Y. and Mass. Uniroyal is the manufacturer. Peel those apples!
Khard12 over 15 years ago
Granny should have bought organic!
Digital Frog over 15 years ago
It’s all in the naming - if they had used ‘alloferine’ instead of just saying ‘poison’ it might have passed for a food preservative…
stonehenge1951 over 15 years ago
@ DF: Actually it’s the ALAR the grower sprayed on it. It breaks down into unisymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine, a cancer-causing agent. After 40 years, it still remains legal in the U.S., excepting N.Y. and Mass. Uniroyal is the manufacturer. Peel those apples!