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• 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 ladies and 8 kids were hospitalised from eating Jatropha curcas seeds in Chamarajanagar district recently, the food safety commissionerate has warned about the possibility of public health being impacted due to usage of poisonous fruits.Commissioner of food security, Srinivas K, said while all parts of jatropha curcas plants are harmful, the seeds consist of a high concentration of ricin and are more harmful.”The negative effects after taking in the seeds are throwing up, diarrhoea, stomach pain and a burning experience in the throat.
  Vomiting and diarrhoea occur within fifteen minutes of usage. Also, given that the seeds have an enjoyable taste, there is a possibility of a higher impact on the health of children, “Srinivas cautioned 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 released in a day. One kid with intellectual impairments was kept in observation before being released, district health officer, Chamarajanagar, Chidambara S informed TOI.He stated

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