Brazil begins harvesting onions that don't cause tears

SÃO PAULO - The tears of those who cut onions to cook are on borrowed time. The 2017 crop of the State of São Paulo, which reaches the markets in the coming days, has a novelty: a variety "that does not cause tears". This happened because researchers at the German multinational Bayer after more than 20 years have managed to reduce the amount of sulfur that is released when the onion is cut and, in contact with the eyes, causes irritation and crying.