Irradiated foods, cats, myelin and humans

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Dear all,

There is an article in sciencedaily

(http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200722.htm) saying that

irradiated foods destroys myelin in SOME pregnant cats. Taken out of the diet,

the cats recover! The authors also say that they don't think this effect happens

in humans.

Does somebody know if there are published studies in humans + irradiated foods?

Here I quote the main sentences of the article, that was published in PNAS:

" The new study arose from a mysterious affliction of pregnant cats. A company

testing the effects on growth and development in cats using diets that had been

irradiated reported that some cats developed severe neurological dysfunction,

including movement disorders, vision loss and paralysis. Taken off the diet, the

cats recovered slowly, but eventually all lost functions were restored. "

..........

" We think it is extremely unlikely that [irradiated food] could become a human

health problem, "