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• Shiva Temple Aarti Maha Kumbh 2025 Bengaluru Techie Suicide Kolkata Supply Of Water Nikita Singhania Govt cautions versus taking in jatropha curcas 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 consuming Jatropha curcas seeds in Chamarajanagar district recently, the food safety commissionerate has actually warned about the possibility of public health being affected due to usage of poisonous fruits.Commissioner of food safety, Srinivas K, said while all parts of jatropha curcas plants are poisonous, the seeds contain a high concentration of ricin and are more harmful.”The negative effects after consuming the seeds are vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain and a burning experience in the throat.
  Vomiting and diarrhoea happen within fifteen minutes of usage. Also, because the seeds have an enjoyable taste, there is a possibility of a greater effect 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 discharged in a day. One child with intellectual specials needs was kept in observation before being discharged, district health officer, Chamarajanagar, Chidambara S informed TOI.He stated

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