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• Shiva Temple Aarti Maha Kumbh 2025 Bengaluru Techie Suicide Kolkata Supply Of Water Nikita Singhania Govt alerts against 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 5 women and 8 kids were hospitalised from consuming Jatropha jatropha curcas seeds in Chamarajanagar district recently, the food security commissionerate has cautioned about the possibility of public health being impacted due to consumption of toxic fruits.Commissioner of food safety, Srinivas K, stated while all parts of jatropha curcas plants are dangerous, the seeds contain a high concentration of ricin and are more harmful.”The adverse effects after taking in the seeds are throwing up, diarrhoea, stomach pain and a burning experience in the throat.
  Vomiting and diarrhoea happen within fifteen minutes of usage. Also, considering that the seeds have an enjoyable taste, there is a possibility of a greater effect on the health of children, “Srinivas warned about the evergreen tropical plant with thin stems.Thirteen members of Banjara (nomadic) neighborhood who were hospitalised at Kollegal taluk health center in Chamarajanagar were discharged in a day. One child with intellectual impairments was kept in observation before being released, district health officer, Chamarajanagar, Chidambara S told TOI.He said

  members of the community were in Kollegal for sugarcane-cutting work.