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Re: One last comment on Irradiation -Reply



About Food & Water (an active group against food irradiation), was
mentioned in the WALL STREET J. (WSJ) about couple years ago. I do not
have the exact date. Here are some of their findings.

1. Food & Water (FW) was founded by Walter Burnstein, a NJ doctor and his
son-in law, Michael Colby, leads the group now. Mr. Colby is a U. of Iowa
dropout (journalism major). (FW membership: 3500)

2. A list of six scientists Mr. Colby faxed to WSJ. None had ever
conducted any research on food irradiation. Dr. Donald Luria of the NJ
School of Med. (one in the list) even acknowledged obvious potential
benefits of food irradiation. 

3. Mr. Colby had about $500,000 annual budget. It's biggest contributor is
the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation (total 11 financial supporter were
listed). 

Please note that this article is about 2-3 years old and the above
information is taken from tha Wall Street Journal.       

This is only my opinion...
Myung Chul Jo <mjo@scs.unr.edu>
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