Why do onions make us cry when we cut them, but not when we eat them?

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I was helping my mom in the kitchen today, and when I started chopping onions, my eyes started stinging and tearing up. But then I realized something weird – when we eat onions in our food, they don’t make us cry at all!Can someone explain why onions make us cry when we cut them

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The onion contains a chemical that, when mixed with water, becomes solfenic acid. Solfenic acid in eyes hurts 

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