Guest guest Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 I dont know a lot about it but what they do is expose the food to high levels of radiation in order to disrupt the DNA of bacteria. Basically it sterilizes the food. Several problems with it are that it also kills any good bacteria in the food, causes the food to lose some of its nutritional value, changes the molecular structure of the food itself (who knows what long term health effects this could have!!!!), etc. There are also the safety and environmental concerns with the irradiation proccess itself (ie: the factories where it is done - transportation and storage of radioactive material, possible leaks, waste products, etc.). And of course some say it is way for the meat industries to get even lazier than they are. How about some nice fecal matter served up with your steak (not that anyone on this group would have to worry about that!!!), if its irradiated any e. coli contamination would be wiped out, so they need take less care to " clean " the meat. Of course other things than meat can be irradiated but thats the big one. I think a lot of spices are irradiated also though, to give them a longer shelf life. Well, thats about all I know about it. Rachael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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