On 2/1/03, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Schlosser in his FAST FOOD NATION > . . . quotes someone saying that irradiation > simply allows the meat-packers to avoid dealing > with the root causes of E. Coli and the like, i.e., > the crowded and totally unsanitary conditions > of feed-lots.
Does irradiation kill or at least render harmless to humans "E. coli and the like" found in meat? If so, wouldn't irradiation be an effective way, at least for "E. coli and the like" purposes, of "dealing with the root causes" referred to?
