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From: IN%"dbecker@enh.nist.gov" "Donald A. Becker" 11-DEC-1996 13:42:49.55
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Subject: Irradiation blackmail info...call Hormel with support
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BMD Executive Committee:
The following is being forwarded to all of you for your information. I am
going to call Hormel to support food irradiation. Please do so if you are
so inclined.
Don
>Resent-date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:29:46 -0500 (EST)
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:14:48 +0000
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>Subject: Irradiation blackmail info...call Hormel with support
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>The following information has been forwarded to many groups and members within
>the ANS. You will note that Hormel needs a few hundred calls to support what
>they are doing. Please pass this message to others in your divisions and
>groups. Encourage them to call Hormel now.
>
>Sharon Kerrick (708.579.8230)
>
>
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>Subject: Irradiation blackmail info...call Hormel with support
>Author: md_brown@ccmail.pnl.gov at Internet
>Date: 12/6/96 7:08 PM
>
> Sharon:- Mike Brown sent this directly to me. I have already sent it
> to the entire Eastern Wa. Section PI Committee, and everyone at our
> board meeting and dinner meeting tonight will get a hard copy and a
> personal appeal by me to call Hormel.
>
> I called Hormel this morning around 10:00 (our time). The nice person
> who answered - Joan - said they had gotten about 500 calls, most of
> them after Food & Water put it on the Internet, and most negative. I
> told her to sit tight, the numbers were about to change.
>
> I already have had feedback from one or two of my PI people. One
> forwarded the message on to some friends. We're on it!
>
> Let me know if you get any feedback from other members.
>
> Jerry Woodcock
>
> >
> > Subject: Re: Food Irradiation? > From: agcenter@televar.com >
> Date: 1996/12/05
> > Message-Id: <849808630.22487@dejanews.com>
> > References: <199612042246.OAA21218@igc2.igc.apc.org> >
>X-Http-User-Agent:
> Mozilla/1.22KIT (Windows; U; 16bit)
> > X-Originating-Ip-Addr: 208.8.143.14 (tcityuser012.televar.com) >
> Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service
> > X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Dec 05 18:22:43 1996 GMT >
> X-Authenticated-Sender: agcenter@televar.com
> > Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture,sci.bio.food-Science >
> > I SUBMIT THAT ALL REAL SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE A GRASP OF REALITY SHOULD NOT >
> BE INFLUENCED BY THIS ACTIVIST PROPAGANDA....EVERY REPUTABLE FOOD AND AG
>> AND
> MEDICAL ORGANIZATION (INCLUDING THE FDA and USDA) SUPPORTS SPECIFIC >
>USES FOR
> THIS TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU DONT KNOW, FIND OUT THE FACTS.
> >
> > Call Hormel at 1-800-533-2000, extension 5269 and pat them on the back
>for >
> being progressive enough to investigate all alternatives for producing
>safe >
> and wholesome foods and thank them for having enough backbone to standup
>to >
> this obvious blackmail.
> >
> > How many more babies will die from e.coli????? >
> >
>
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>>>
> > isecvt@igc.apc.org (International Society For Ecology and Culture)
>wrote: >
> > > Food & Water Action Alert: Hormel Foods Considers Irradiation > >
> Technology
> >
> > > Hormel Foods recently attended a pro-irradiation symposium in
> > > Austin, Texas. Concerned that Hormel's attendance might indicate > >
>that
> the company supported irradiation, Food & Water asked Hormel > > whether or
> not the corporation intended to pursue the technology.
> > > But Hormel refused to reveal the corporation's policy regarding food > >
> irradiation.
> >
> > > Since that time, Hormel has said that, although it does not currently
> > > expose its products to radiation, it might consider using
>irradiation if >
> > consumers would accept the technology and if the company decided
> > > that irradiation would make its products "safer." >
> > > Hormel is one of the largest food processors in the United States.
>If > >
> Hormel condones food irradiation and decides to use the technology,
> > > the doors will be open for a wide range of food processors, from
> > > fruits and vegetables to meat and poultry, to "follow the leader"
>and > >
> expose their foods to irradiation as well. Now is the time for
> > > everyone concerned about food irradiation to take action. >
> > > -- Call Hormel at 1-800-533-2000, extension 5269. >
> > > -- Let their corporate representative know that you are aware of the > >
> dangers associated with food irradiation.
> >
> > > -- Tell them that you will only support companies that give
> > > assurance that they will not knowingly expose their products to > >
> radiation.
> >
> > > -- Ask them for a promise that Hormel Foods will not expose their > >
> customers to the unnecessary risks of food irradiation.
> >
> > > -- Tell the corporate representative that you will not be satisfied
> > > until you see an official Hormel policy rejecting irradiation. Tell
>them >
> > you know that Hormel Foods, as a leader in the food industry, has the
> > > ability to ensure that the company will not use irradiation in the > >
> future.
> >
> > > -- If Hormel responds to your call with unusual comments that you > >
> think we should know about, call us at 1-800-EAT-SAFE and let us > > know.
> We'll pass the information on to future callers.
> >
> > > The Problems with Food Irradiation >
> > > -- Food irradiation exposes food to the equivalent of 30 million
>chest > >
> X-rays.
> >
> > > -- Irradiation creates new chemicals in foods called radiolytic > >
> products. Some of these products are known cancer-causing
> > > substances (like benzene in irradiated beef). Others are unique to
>the > >
> irradiation process and no one knows what effects these have on
> > > human health.
> >
> > > -- Irradiation destroys essential vitamins and nutrients that are
> > > naturally present in food. No studies have been done to show that a > >
> long-term diet of irradiated foods is safe. Safer, well-tested
> > > alternatives to irradiation exist. >
> > > -- Irradiation plants pose environmental threats to workers and
> > > surrounding communities. The transportation of nuclear materials to > >
> irradiation facilities also poses severe public health risks.
> >
> > > For information about Food & Water, or for hard copies of this
>Action > >
> Alert, call us at 1-800-EAT-SAFE.
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> >
>
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Donald A. Becker Telephone: (301) 975-6283 Fax: (301) 208-9279
Nuclear Methods Group / Analytical Chemistry Division / CSTL
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 USA
e-mail: dbecker@enh.nist.gov
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