Food poisoning

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

The following are compelling statistics to support radiation processing
of food, though it's not mentioned in the article:

STUDY PUTS U.S. FOOD-POISONING TOLL AT 76 MILLION YEARLY
from The New York Times

WASHINGTON -- Although the United States has one of the
safest food supplies in the world, about 76 million Americans
suffer food poisoning each year and about 5,000 die from it, the Federal
Government said on Thursday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said the
estimates
in a study it released today were the most complete ever compiled on
food-borne illnesses (the agency avoided the everyday term "food
poisoning")
and were based on many sources, including death certificates, hospital
surveys and academic studies.

"These new estimates provide a snapshot of the problem and do not
measure
trends and do not indicate that the problem is getting better or worse,"
Dr.
Jeffrey Koplan, the centers director, said in a statement.
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/091799hth-food.html>
-- 
In my personal opinion, SLG
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