Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsg!patel From: patel@uicsg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Irradiated Food - (nf) Message-ID: <5909@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 22:49:20 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5909 Posted: Mon Feb 27 22:49:20 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 07:29:42 EST Lines: 11 #N:uicsg:4400016:000:271 uicsg!patel Feb 27 12:36:00 1984 What If? Here is the scenario. Suppose the Gamma radiation did not kill ALL bacteria. Suppose further that it altered the genes of the bacteria which were left alive. Suppose these mutants can multiply at a high rate and spread some totally new disease. What then?