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PM Urges Tough Action Against Wrong Carcinogenic Pomelo Coverage

PM Urges Tough Action Against Wrong Carcinogenic Pomelo Coverage

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered that media agencies who published misleading reports on carcinogenic grapefruits be punished for misinforming the public and causing losses to farmers.

In a note issued Wednesday, PM Dung instructed the Ministry of Information and Communications review the issue and discipline those responsible.

Media agencies, editors, and correspondents found guilty in this regard must be reprimanded and seriously punished, the note stressed.

All the handlings must be reported to the Prime Minister on September 15 at the latest.

The Vietnamese media recently quoted an article from the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper which said eating grapefruit could increase the risk of breast cancer in women by a third.

The UK paper quoted research from the universities of Southern California and Hawaii which revealed that eating as little as a quarter of a grapefruit a day raised the danger by 30 per cent among older women.

The report has since sent grapefruit prices in Vietnam tumbling and has left cultivators, particularly in southern Vietnam, in the lurch suffering hefty losses.

Along with 11 percent price drops, dramatic sales drops from 10,000-12,000 to 200-250 grapefruits per day have exacerbated farmers’ woes.

Pomelo growers in Mekong Delta provinces of Can Tho, Tien Giang, and Ben Tre have reportedly incurred losses of hundred billions of dong (VND100 billion=$62,500) since early this month.

But the Southern Institute for Research on Fruits has recently exposed media ignorance by revealing that the species of grapefruit sited as causing breast cancer in women is different from the one grown in Vietnam.

The dangerous grapefruit variety was Citrus paradise, known to be grown and consumed mainly in the US and Europe, it said.

The Vietnamese species, Citrus maxima, was not only safe but also healthy since it reduced blood pressure and lowered cholesterol levels in the blood.

Citrus maxima is native to Southeast Asia and widely cultivated in China, Vietnam, India, and other Asian countries.

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