|
?:reviewBody
|
-
Photographs showing bananas with unusual red discolorations inside have been passed around online with varying degrees of paranoia for several years: The claims associated with the photographs have evolved from speculation about the discoloration of the bananas (as seen above) to assertions that the discoloration was due to someone's purposefully injecting bananas with infected blood in order to spread HIV: This form of reddish discoloration in bananas has nothing to do with blood of any sort, however: It's a hallmark of a fungal or bacterial diseases that affect bananas grown in some areas and can cause their centers to turn dark red. Although the discoloration may make bananas seem visually unappealing to consumers, the plant diseases that cause it pose no real health risk to humans who eat such bananas: As we noted in another article about a rumor concerning supposed blood-tainted oranges, it is nearly impossible for the HIV virus to be transmitted via foodstuffs:
(en)
|
![[This page as RDF]](http://data.gesis.org/claimskg/static/rdf-icon.gif){kind=icon}