Bronze is best known as an alloy of copper and tin, but copper alloyed with aluminum, arsenic, manganese, phosphorous, silicon, etc., can also referred to as bronzes.
Yes, it is, see this 2010 paper Eating artificially ripened fruits is harmful. Calcium carbide is extremely hazardous to the human body as it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus. It is banned in many countries of the world, but it is freely used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries. Thus we are at risk of short-term and long-term health effects simply by eating fruits that are induced to ripen. Calcium carbide CaC2 is used to easily generate low levels of ethylene gas which can hasten the (outside at least) ripening of fruits like bananas, mangoes etc.
Quick Tip â How to quickly ripen bananas. So you have an urge to make something requiring overripe bananas, like banana bread, or my german chocolate cake. But you donât have any overripe bananas, and you donât want to wait a few days to ripen them in a paper bag.It happens.Luckily the magic of science has provided us with a solution to take regular or even slightly underripe bananas and get them where we want them in an hour.ut you donât have any overripe bananas, and you donât want to wait a few days to ripen them in a paper bag. It happens. Luckily the magic of science has provided us with a solution to take regular or even slightly underripe bananas and get them where we want them in an hour.