RE: [Food Irradiation devil's advocate]

[Marty Jamieson <martyj@swiftdesk.com>]

To All,



I greatly agree that the question of the DIFFERENCE of the effects of ionizing radiation on food in amounts that can be used for sterilization and the effects of heat in cooking food (considering all major components of food)should be answered.  In addition, the effects of cooking food containing molecules altered by its previous sterilization through exposure to ionizing radiation should be looked into.  TRACE AMOUNTS of other kinds of substances not normally produced by cooking alone should be identified and their toxicity assessed--rather than just stating that the products produced in food by heating are not significantly different than those produced by exposure to ionizing radiation.



Marty Jamieson

martyjamieson@comcast.net



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From: M Nivas <motnivas@YAHOO.COM>

Sent: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:36:49 -0800 (PST)

To: Rob Gunter <rgunter@SEC-TN.COM>, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Food Irradiation devil's advocate



To All,





When I go to Wright Patterson flight museum I purchase

some freeze dried "Astronaut food" its Good!



Astronaut food is also sterilized  by gamma

irradiation.



What about the foodstuffs being cross-linked into

formation of carcinogens. I routinly crosslinked

cellular materials, example:  proteins etc. with UV

and Betas 



It seems only natural that food would be cross linked

using gamma irradiation, thus producing carcinogens!

Sure most of it goes right through, but it still is

enough to destroy and crosslink proteins into

carcinogens! Otherwise the bacteria, viruses,

mycoplasmas etc. would not DIE



So playing devil's advocate - Irradiation of

foodstuffs

will form some carcinogens.  I know what the first

answer would be "one cooks food and forms carcinogens"



My answer is: you may be making twice or more

carcinogens because your irradiating the food - Then

cooking it! Now where's the meat?



Enjoy,



Tom











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