Fw: [RADFOOD] New Irradiation Studies and Action Item!

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It is important that we eat as natural food as possible--with no tainting of weird chemicals or byproducts. Be informed.

Patty

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Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:17 PM

Subject: [RADFOOD] New Irradiation Studies and Action Item!

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**Press Release on New Irradiation Studies** New studies done on irradiated food showed that chemical byproducts found in irradiated ground beef and many other foods may increase the risks of colon cancer and DNA damage in people who eat these foods! Based on this new information, Public Citizen and the Center for Food Safety have filed formal comments urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to deny five pending requests to irradiate additional food types, and to reconsider its past approvals

The new studies call into question the long-held position of the FDA and the food industry that irradiated foods are generally safe for human consumption. But the studies confirm research published in 1998 and 2001 showing that concentrations of chemicals called 2-alkylcyclobutanones (or 2-ACBs) - which are found only in irradiated foods - caused DNA damage in human cells.

To read the full text of our press release, click on the following link: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1343