But irradiation is used in other parts of the world to no ill effects.
Although there is a good case for organic and artisanal foods, it is not
likely that sufficient food could be produced to support our population
levels. and the "noise" is just that things that the Rush Limbaughs and
Glenn Becks use to support their positions.
From: Jan Steinman [mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:59 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 30/12/2010: the Puerto Rico that few tourists
see
> From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
> we wouldn't need poison if we could have irradiated food, but all the old
> maids with poor science education won't let us.
We wouldn't need poison nor irradiation if all the old corporate execs with
excellent staff of paid lobbyists would let local organic farms flourish.
And actually, you're wrong: irradiated food is part of Codex Alimentarius
(with no upper limit as to dose), and is legal in the US and at least 39
other countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation
While there's no solid proof that irradiated food is harmful, there is
enough "noise" in the data to be disturbing. It seems to be a perfect case
for the "precautionary principle."
But perhaps the biggest issue is that irradiation is NOT prevention; it's a
"mop up" after producing bad food in the first place! Clean, wholesome food
will not need irradiation.
As Wikipedia notes: "Concerns have been expressed by public interest groups
and public health experts that irradiation, as a non-preventive measure,
might disguise or otherwise divert attention away from poor working
conditions, sanitation, and poor food-handling procedures that lead to
contamination in the first place."
It's the same thing with pasteurization -- a mop-up operation to mask the
fact that factory dairies are incapable of producing safe raw milk. So they
get their public-health-agency henchmen to make raw milk illegal, so that
the safe "mom and pop" dairy down the street has to close.
I'm not going to let you get away with these "shoot from the lip" comments,
Bill!
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Growth in his hand. None can be stopped unless all are stopped. -- David
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