Fact check: No health risk associated with eating seedless watermelons

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Fact check: No health risk associated with eating seedless watermelons
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Experts say there are no known safety risks associated with eating seedless watermelons.

The claim is false. And the watermelon sold in stores are many generations removed from anything that was directly treated with colchicine.Chemical not used directly on watermelons bought in stores

. The chemical doubles the chromosomes in the watermelon and helps produce a plant that, when pollinated, develops seedless watermelons."The seedless watermelons we eat never received the colchicine treatment as they are many generations later than the initial seedless watermelon,"And not all seedless watermelons are created using colchicine.

"The FDA is not aware of any safety issues with commercially-bred seedless watermelon," an FDA spokesperson told USA TODAY.Experts say rubbing orange peels on teeth does more harm than good

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