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Food & Water Watch
New Book Reveals Decades-Long Food Safety PR Scam
June 29th, 2008
As government authorities reel from a record breaking year of food recalls and a new nationwide Salmonella outbreak, a new book brings to light the science -- and the politics -- behind food irradiation, a misguided technology being promoted by the food and nuclear industries. Written plainly and passionately, Wenonah Hauter's Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food is timely and fact-filled. The book details the rise of irradiation in the American food supply and makes the case that irradiation is expensive, impractical, ineffective, and potentially dangerous. "While the public is being sold on irradiation as a solution to the growing crisis of...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-06-29)
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