Shocking Truth: Your 'Green Peas' on Trains Might Be Industrial Dye!

• Many hawkers sell 'green peas' on buses and trains, often thought to be fried peas.
• A shopkeeper revealed that regular peas are artificially colored green using industrial dyes, not food color.
• Hawkers sell kilograms of these colored peas daily, indicating widespread consumption in Kolkata and districts.
• Unlike real green peas, these artificially colored ones break easily and are cheaper.
• Jadavpur University researcher Professor Prashant Kumar Biswas warns that industrial dyes can cause digestive issues and fatal diseases like cancer.

Why It Matters: Beware: 'Green peas' sold by hawkers are often regular peas dyed with harmful industrial colors.