Chemicals are injected into the fruit to reduce decay.

水果注入了化学药品以防腐坏。

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So, although in addition to decay and to the rest of the fruit still can not eat.

所以，尽管去除了腐烂部分，剩下的水果仍然不能吃。

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Some fungi have a carcinogenic effect, through the fruit from decay and rot is not part of the spread.

有些真菌具有致癌作用，可以从腐烂部分通过果汁向未腐烂部分扩散。

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It is supposed to reduce decay in fruit that is transported long distances--it takes 40 days, for instance, to ship apples and grapes from Chile to Hong Kong.

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There was a pilot investigation program, which, among other things, traced a 1904 fruit-decay crisis in California to cuts in the fruit from stem clippers and the fingernails of handlers (and, along the way, introduced modern packing methods industry-wide).

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