Video from India falsely shared as 'Rohingya selling chemical-laced vegetables in Malaysia'

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Video from India falsely shared as 'Rohingya selling chemical-laced vegetables in Malaysia'
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🇲🇾 Video of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia soaking vegetables in chemicals before selling them at a market. ❌ Video was taken in India's Maharashtra state. 🇮🇳 It shows people speaking Marathi, widely spoken in Maharashtra -- not Rohingya language.

The one-minute 45-second clip, which shows a bundle of vegetables being soaked in a bucket of liquid before it appears to gradually turn greener, was posted on FacebookThe English-language caption reads:"Watch

how vegetables are made fresh by using chemicals in 105 seconds. That's why arbuda is growing. In 105 seconds, vegetables and fruits are freshened by cancer-causing chemicals.The claim is also repeated in Chinese.

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