Zapping Our Food, Killing Nutrition
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Audio food for thought – 11/16/07
Welcome to Issue 21 of SnackCast.
Would you let your food be treated with radiation as powerful as one billion x-rays? In this issue, we explore food irradiation, or treating food with high doses of radiation under the veil of protecting consumers from foodborne illness. Robert Schubert, director of research at Food & Water Watch, will talk about a new factsheet that explains why irradiation does not protect consumers, and what exactly happens when our food is treated with this questionable technology.
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