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> Food irradiation in general is safe and effective, but weirds a lot of the general public out (particularly those with low scientific literacy. Irradiated foo
by outworlder 6y ago
> Food irradiation in general is safe and effective, but weirds a lot of the general public out (particularly those with low scientific literacy. Irradiated food doesn't become radioactive!)
Frankly, if labeling was available I would actively seek out irradiated food (specifically bread and fruits). This would be great to reduce food waste due to spoilage and pathogen risks (either from spoilage or otherwise present in the food).
I suspect most(if not all) of the "unprocessed" food I eat has not been irradiated.
- bigbubba 6y agoThis logo is meant to be such labelling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation#/media/File%3ARadura_international.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation#/media/File... I'm not sure how widespread use of it is though.