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Food Irradiation
Melissa wrote:
>I've been out of the seed irradiation field for a number of years,
>but I recall a number of papers which found that dessicated seeds can
>trap free radicals for very long periods of time.
To say nothing of the ESR measureable free radicals to be found in potato
chips (or crisps, depending on which part of the world you live in). These
have long enough lifetimes to be used as an indicator of how old the packet
is!
One day people will understand that cooking produces free radicals.
Gerald Laurence
Dr Gerald Laurence
Aduchem Pty Ltd
PO BOX 351
BURNSIDE South Australia 5066
Phone (61) 8 8379 6839
Mobile (61) 0411 44 4895
Fax (61) 8 8379 0657
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