Shiva Temple Aarti Maha Kumbh 2025 Bengaluru Techie Suicide Kolkata Water System Nikita Singhania Govt warns versus taking in jatropha fruits!.?.!Pearl.DSouza@timesofindia.com/ Dec 4, 2024, 23:53 IST Share AA + Text Size Small Medium Large Follow us Bengaluru: After a group of five females and eight children were hospitalised from eating Jatropha curcas seeds in Chamarajanagar district recently, the food security commissionerate has warned about the possibility of public health being affected due to intake of poisonous fruits.Commissioner of food safety, Srinivas K, stated while all parts of jatropha plants are poisonous, the seeds include a high concentration of ricin and are more hazardous."The adverse impacts after taking in the seeds are vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain and a burning feeling in the throat. Vomiting and diarrhoea happen within fifteen minutes of consumption. Also, because the seeds have an enjoyable taste, there is a possibility of a greater impact on the health of children, "Srinivas cautioned about the evergreen tropical plant with thin stems.Thirteen members of Banjara (nomadic) community who were hospitalised at Kollegal taluk hospital in Chamarajanagar were released in a day. One kid with intellectual impairments was kept in observation before being discharged, district health officer, Chamarajanagar, Chidambara S told TOI.He stated
members of the neighborhood were in Kollegal for sugarcane-cutting work.