“西瓜膨大剂”再次挑动了人们对食品安全问题原已十分脆弱的神经。然而,“西瓜爆炸”的戏剧性效果不应该成为夸大植物生长调节剂毒性的理由。需要反思的是先进的科技手段与落后的管理与观念、以及农业种植人员素质的不相匹配 “Watermelon enlargement ” Once again provoked people’s already very fragile nerves on food safety issues. However, the dramatic effect of “watermelon explosion ” should not be a reason to exaggerate the toxicity of plant growth regulators. What needs to be reconsidered is that advanced scientific and technological means are incompatible with the backward management and concepts as well as the quality of agricultural growers