RE: Food irradiation---do seeds sprout? Did that denature the

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

I'm not totally disagreeing, but where does "nanny government" end?

Pasteurized milk: You don't have to drink it, you just need to buy direct. I
have, but I wouldn't give it to my daughter.  And what makes you think that
dairy farm families buy at the store what they can get fresh from the
source?

Pork: I have no urge to eat raw pork chops, but I don't want them overdone
either, which is likely less than the recommended internal temp.  I enjoy
sashimi and carppachio, although the latter is a (pardon the pun) rare
commodity these days.  BTW, I'm told that where you get gelatin in Western
hospitals, Japanese hospitals give you sashimi.

Helmets and seat belts: I'm a believer, and I would have died at 17 if I
hadn't been wearing a helmet, but I have ridden without one, for specific
purposes. But I believe in freedom of choice on a Darwinian basis: anyone
who would do highway speeds without head protection needs to be out of the
gene pool, preferably before breeding.  I believe in and use seatbelts, but
again, the issue of freedom of choice comes up.

Shots:  Been there; didn't do that. N.B. it was not an extended trip.

Bottled water: Never been on an Italian train, but I don't drink water from
a U.S. municipal system if I can avoid it; the taste of chlorinated water
makes me queasy.  On the other hand, I ate food washed in the local water
while out of country.

It all comes down to freedom of choice.  While I don't have a comparative
risk analysis at hand, I can think of risks I perceive as greater than these
that are not regulated.  I like it that way, and would just as soon not let
the camel put his nose under the tent flap.

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

Werner Heisenberg: We are not sure which side of the road the chicken was
on, but it was moving very fast.

On Sunday, April 02, 2000 9:41 PM, ruth_weiner
[SMTP:ruth_weiner@email.msn.com] wrote:
> You might as well say that people who don't want to drink pasteurized milk
> shouldn't have to.  And people who want to eat raw pork chops should go
> right ahead.  And why should we have motorcycle helmet laws and seat belt
> laws?  If people want to take the risk, why not? Why get shots before you
go
> to a third world country?  Why drink bottled water on Italian trains?
etc.
> From: D. Kosloff <dkosloff@ncweb.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Sunday, April 02, 2000 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Food irradiation---do seeds sprout? Did that denature the
> >People who do not want to eat artificially irradiated food should not.
It
> >is unlikely that the entire food supply would be artifically irradiated.

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