On Sat, 08 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
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> Sent: 2/8/2003 4:08 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:34501] Re: Re: Irradiated Beef in School Lunches
>
> On 2/1/03, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Eric Schlosser in his FAST FOOD NATION
> > . . . quotes some
Title: Irradiated Beef in School Lunches
one problem is that some E. Coli would survive, so that a
radiation-resistant would eventually develop. Also, wouldn't it make
sense to simply clean up the feedlots, so that no sh*t got in our food?
Jim
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Irradiation kills most of the harmful organisms, but it also changes many
of the characteristics of the food itself. Nobody has studied how these
altered forms affect health.
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 07:08:16PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does irradiation kill or at least render harmless
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
Title: Re: Irradiated Beef in School
Lunches
Eric Schlosser, in his
FAST FOOD NATION, has one of the best points against irradiation of
meat: he 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
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34269] Irradiated Beef in School Lunches
Eric Schlosser, in his FAST FOOD NATION, has one of the best points against irradiation of meat: he quotes someone saying that irradiation simply allows the meat-packers to avoid dealing with the root causes of E. Coli and the like
NYT January 29, 2003
The Question of Irradiated Beef in Lunchrooms
By MARIAN BURROS
IRRADIATED beef may be coming soon to your local school cafeteria.
The farm bill that was passed last May directs the Agriculture
Department to buy irradiated beef for the federal school lunch
program. It will
