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To: Aishwarya who wrote (2537)	1/30/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: Aishwarya	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

**LETS GO TO THE POLLS EVERYONE******* Radiation is no answer to unsafe food supply By Sister Carole Rossi, Op Crystal Spring Center For Earth Education Plainville,01/29/98 Food irradiation is not the answer to problems plaguing the US food supply as suggested in ''Microbe hunting'' (Jan. 10) or in an earlier Globe editorial (''Goodness from gamma rays,'' Dec. 15) which endorsed the FDA's approval of meat irradiation. Irradiation forms new chemicals in food called radiolytic products. Some are known carcinogens, such as benzene in irradiated beef. Others are unique to the irradiation process and remain unidentified and untested for safety. Irradiation also depletes essential vitamins and nutrients, including vitamins E, C, K, and B-complex. No studies have been done to prove that a long-term diet of irradiated foods is safe. In addition, accidents at irradiation facilities, including radioactive leaks and worker exposure, have already endangered workers and surrounding communities. A recent CBS poll found 77 percent of the public would not buy irradiated foods while 73 percent simply oppose it. The public wants a safe food supply, not contaminated food that's been exposed to nuclear radiation. Irradiation supplies the food industry with one more way to ignore their responsibility to provide a clean, safe food supply which treats all animal life, including humans, with respect. Regards, Sri.