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<text id=89TT1837>
<title>
July 17, 1989: Business Notes:Boycotts
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
July 17, 1989 Death By Gun
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 77
Business Notes
BOYCOTTS
Grapefruit's Sour Rap
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<p> The most serious case people usually make against
grapefruit is that it's a bit too tart. But last week consumer
groups in South Korea launched a boycott of U.S. grapefruit
because they believe the produce is contaminated with Alar, a
chemical preservative and suspected carcinogen that has been
used by apple processors.
</p>
<p> The South Korean protest was triggered when a test
requested by consumer groups showed the Alar content of U.S.
grapefruit to be 0.5 parts per million or less. But since the
lab equipment was not accurate enough to measure below that
level, this was "equivalent to a finding of no Alar," says Dan
Gunter, executive director of Florida's department of citrus.
Says he: "Alar is not used on grapefruit." The Korean government
declared U.S. grapefruit safe, but American growers fear the
sour taste may linger.
</p>
</body></article>
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