RE: Food Irradiation

[Glen.Vickers@ucm.com]

Just ask the people to produce the data.  The show, "60 Minutes" asked the
same of a group I believe from the Jersey area with a name something like
"~Food and Water" a couple of years back.  The people from the show said
that the groups data was non-existent or bogus, all of the people the group
referenced rebuffed them, and basically said that the group was a fraudulent
group selling fear.

Sincerely,
Glen Vickers

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Tedchp@aol.com [SMTP:Tedchp@aol.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, November 03, 1998 10:01 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	Food Irradiation

	A recent issue of Modern Maturity has a somewhat positive article
about food
	irradiation.  However, as a counterpoint they quote Ronnie Cummins,
director
	of the Pure Food Campaign, as saying that, "there are numerous
instances where
	feeding animals irradiated food produced heart problems, cancer,
reproductive
	damage, and chromosome abnormalities."

	Does anyone have any information on these "numerous instances"?  I
am not
	aware of any studies that showed those affects from gamma irradiated
food, but
	thought this was a good place to check before writing a rebuttal
letter to the
	editor.

	Ted Allen, CHP
	
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