Re: Food Safety's Waiting Weapon

[Adelia Sahyun <atomo@sanet.com.br>]

At 10:10 28/08/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On the Op-Ed page of today's (8/28) New York Times, Richard Rhodes makes an
>eloquent positive case for food irradiation. His punch line is perhaps:
>
>The solution to the problem of food poisoning-whether the food involved is
>hamburger, strawberries, raspberries, cider or some other product
>susceptible to bacterial contamination-has been sitting on the shelf for
>most of 40 years while hundreds of Americans have been sickened and
>thousands have died. It is the equivalent of pasteurization, and its neglect
>is a disgrace."
>
>He concludes with the statement that the "fanatic resistance (to food
>irradiation) is similar  to that which plagued the introduction of
>vaccination, water chlorination, pasteurization and fluoridation-comparable
>technologies that have reduced disease and saved millions of lives" and
>attributes it to the "unsupported fears of the Luddite opposition".
>
>Andy Hull
>S%EP-BNL
>Upton, NY 11973
>Ph. 516-344-4210
>Fax 516-344-3105
>
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Francisco,

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