levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (12/09/85)
Gentle net.physics readers: It seems to me that all this bickering might be stopped if we could be assured that any food which has been treated with radiation (of the X-ray/gamma variety) or which has ingredients which have been treated with the same be clearly marked so on the container or in the ingredients statement. Things like fruit which had been so treated would be required to have stickers declaring so if sold loose (not in a container which had been marked). Then those who do not wish to ingest such would feel safe, while the rest of us could choose as we wish. Maybe even Mr. Pope would agree, as the matter of unwitting ingestion of foods preserved in this manner seems to be the brunt of his objection. So those who care, why not write to Congress or to other appropriate gummint agency? It would do a lot more good than fuming to the net. Who knows, there may already BE such a requirement in the works and you will never know till you check it out. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy
sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) (12/09/85)
In article <630@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes: >It seems to me that all this bickering might be stopped if we could be assured >that any food which has been treated with radiation (of the X-ray/gamma >variety) or which has ingredients which have been treated with the same be >clearly marked so on the container or in the ingredients statement. > ... >It would do a lot more good than fuming to the net. Who knows, there >may already BE such a requirement in the works and you will never know till >you check it out. Not under the Reagan Administration there isn't. -- Scott Anderson ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra