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From: berry@zehntel.UUCP
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Subject: Re: irradiated food - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 04:25:20 EST
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zinfandel!berry    Feb 24 10:48:00 1984


What little I have read about food irradiation makes it sound wonderful.
Basically what it does is sterilize the food, with no other effects.
Any induced radiation tends to be very short lived, and very low level anyway.

With irradiation, we would not need to use EDB on grains!

The problem is the 'general public's irrational fear of anything with 
the word 'radiation' in it.  (I mean, if people think that sodium
erythrobate is made from earthworms, what won't the beleive next.)

Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
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