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From: linda@inuxa.UUCP (Linda Pearlstein)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: food irradiation
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 16:17:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 22 16:17:34 1984
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    As I understand it, it's not the radiation which is of
concern -- presumably you can objectively determine whether
the irradiated food contains residual radiation -- but
rather the nature of the chemical changes induced by
irradiation.  It is these chemical alterations which
preserve the food; how they work and whether they might
be harmful still needs to be understood.