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> Karen Butler <kbutlerjr

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> Does anyone know anything about irradiated foods? What are they, and are they

> bad?

 

Karen,

Irradiated food is bad, IMO. It is food that has *literally* been nuked

(the nuclear industry is a big lobby group to the FDA), to kill bugs and

bacteria created by 1) bad factory farm conditions; 2) imports from

countries with less-than-adequate sanitary laws; 3) horrible slaughterhouse

conditions.

 

Irradiation makes food last a looooooong time. It kills vitamins A, C, E

and the B group. It makes it look strange (irradiated pork turns red), and

smell strange (beef smells like sewage). Commonly irradiated foods are

meats, chicken, packaged salad greens. It is unknown what other changed may

occure, but animals fed irradiated food develop cancer. [but hey, companies

only use evidence from animal studies if it *supports* their cause!

Otherwise animal studies are " irrelevant " - one of the fallacies about

animal research! - but I digress...] It is unknown what long-term health

implications are.

 

FDA, under pressure from giant food corps and nuke industry, is considering

changing the labeling rule. As it currently stands, foods that are

unprocessed (apples) must be labeled; processed foods (applesauce) need not

be. Lobbyists are trying to get the FDA to approve " pasteurization " as a

substitute for irradiation.

 

Does that answer your question? :)

I'll bet there's info at www.wholefoodsmarket.com as they've joined the safe

food campaign.

~Doh

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Loyalty to the country, always. Loyalty to the government, when deserved.

~Mark Twain.

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