Bronze is best known as an alloy of copper and tin, but copper alloyed with aluminum, arsenic, manganese, phosphorous, silicon, etc., can also referred to as bronzes.
Yes, it is, see this 2010 paper Eating artificially ripened fruits is harmful. Calcium carbide is extremely hazardous to the human body as it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus. It is banned in many countries of the world, but it is freely used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries. Thus we are at risk of short-term and long-term health effects simply by eating fruits that are induced to ripen. Calcium carbide CaC2 is used to easily generate low levels of ethylene gas which can hasten the (outside at least) ripening of fruits like bananas, mangoes etc.
Green bananas nutrition contains proteins that limit the digestion of complex carbohydrates; this is because they inhibit the amylase enzyme. There is a way to prolong the life of a ripe banana. By putting them in the fridge it will slow the ripening of the fruit by slowing the enzyme actions.