Is radiation of food dangerous?
From my point of view, i support radiation feeding because there is enough information and an organism that supports this practice as viable and there is no harm to human physical health.
First, irradiated foods are safe. Irradiation makes meat and poultry safer by reducing the numbers of harmful bacteria and parasites. Food irradiation does not make foods radioactive. The radiant energy passes through the food. The food itself never contacts the source of the radiant energy. Irradiated foods are wholesome and nutritious. Nutrient losses caused by irradiation are less than or about the same as losses caused by cooking and freezing. This is proven because, the public health agencies worldwide have evaluated the safety of food irradiation over the last fifty years and found it to be safe. In 37 countries more than 40 food products are irradiated. In some European countries, irradiation has been in use for decades.
Second, radiation from food reduces the risk of bacterial poisoning because it exposes bacteria to free radicals that are highly reactive and can disrupt cell division. The needed free radicals are generated by bombarding the food with gamma rays released from a cobalt-60 source. This does not make the food radioactive or dangerous in any way. For example, radiation kills the bacteria e. coli, listeria and salmonella, they come on food and leave several people a year in the hospital.
Lastly, radiation helps pest control in agriculture, destroying insects in fruits and food. Irradiation also decreases the need for other pest-control practices that may harm the fruit.As the radiation can be used to sterilize prey, hosts, and factitious hosts to prevent further development of the pest insects and thus remove the need for labour intensive separation procedures.
To sum up, irradiating food does not make it radioactive. In fact no one has died from the radiation, but from the bacteria in the food. This proves people's ignorance and how they refuse to change. Food will not lose its taste, texture or nutritional value due to radiation, this is a fact that should be learned by now.
