BETEL NUTS BLAMED IN DEADLY MUDSLIDES SHALLOW ROOTS DON'T ANCHOR WELL.(NEWS) From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: August 9, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

KUANG FU, Taiwan -- Betel nuts used to get a bad press in Taiwan because people who chewed them often spat the juice on sidewalks, leaving disgusting blood-red stains.

But now the olive-sized fruit is being blamed for far worse. Betel nut trees are said to be a reason for the mudslides and flash floods that killed nearly 100 people last week.

Many of the areas hit hardest by Typhoon Toraji had one thing in common: mountains...

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