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Article: SCIENCE, COMMON SENSE AGREE: FOOD IRRADIATION IS INEXPENSIVE AND SAFE.(Editorial)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 6, 1998
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A recent letter to the editor questioned the safety of food irradiation and offered a potential alternative.
The alternative consisted of replacing the harmful 0157 E. coil strain with a benign strain in cattle. Such an alternative has shown initial promise in the initial feedlot studies performed at the University of Georgia. Such research certainly bears further investigation.
The remainder of the the letter focused upon the common myths about food irradiation. We would like to counter statements in the letter and provide some simple truths regarding food irradiation.
-- Myth 1: Using irradiation will increase the possibility of ...