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AW: Food Irradiation Alert - Sierra Club of Canada
In a message dated 11/29/2002
3:22:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, RuthWeiner@AOL.COM writes:
. I have
never understood the basis for the hysteria about food
irradiation.
I think that's very
simple. If you want to do away with all things "nuclear,"
you must attack them all, even if they serve society well. The agenda
of many of the opposition folks here on the "left" coast appears
to be the ultimate elimination of all uses of radioactive material. I
suspect there are others like them throughout the world]
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Barbara[While
I agree wíth you on the
question whether all use of radioactive material is the target of certain
groups and that they want to prohibit it, I do not agree on the use of food
irradiation. This topic comes up at RADSAFE frequently. I support any
activities to save food in the developing countries by irradiating it and
saving it from being destroyed by pests. What I do not support is the
clearly uttered interest of some companies in the U'SA to maximize their
profits by marketing food, which otherwise would not be possible to be
marketized, because it is infested by salmonella and other - deadly -
bacteria. Yes, I write "deadly bacteria".
I clearly
oppose it, when it comes to "extended shelf live". This is
an argument, which is in sharp contrast with the world wide opinion that
food should be as fresh as possible. If Americans accept that foods shelf
life is extended by radiation - please do it. Nobody in Europe will accept
it - simply because there is no need for it. We have excellent ways to ship
oysters, fish, crabs, etc. to any destination within Europe. The price
is accordingly. If you do not want to pay the price for fresh oysters -
leave it and eat a McDonalds hamburger instead - in Europe this would be a
kind of insunuaion.
Food irradiation is ok, if it helps peoples to escape famine. It is a
crime, if it is intended to maximise profits of world wide acting
companies.
Franz