Irradiated foods

• Current controversies
• What is food irradiation?
• Health and safety
• Labeling irradiated foods
• Microwaved foods
• Links and resources
• Letter to FDA

Links and resources

Irradiation and Vegetables Don't Mix (PDF), Food and Water Watch Fact Sheet.

Why Oppose Food Irradiation? (PDF), Public Citizen, Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program.

The Basics of the Foodfight Over Irradiation, U.S. News blog, Living Well, by Adam Voiland, September 2008.

Food Irradiation: A Gross Failure, Food and Water Watch and Center for Food Safety report about the impact of irradiation on the smell, taste, color and texture of food, 2006.

Food Irradiation Around the World, Food and Water Watch report about irradiation practices internationally, 2006.

FDA's new food irradiation follies: Déjà vu again, Goldie Caughlan, PCC's Nutrition Education Manager, Sound Consumer, June 2007.

Microwaved food: is it healthy?, Sound Consumer, January 2006

What's the beef? Public schools may now serve irradiated meat, Sound Consumer, February 2004

A Broken Record: How the FDA Legalized and Continues to Legalize Food Irradiation Without Testing It for Safety (PDF), Public Citizen, 2000.

Bad Taste: The Disturbing Truth About the World Health Organization's Endorsement of Food Irradiation (PDF), Public Citizen, 2002.

What Irradiation means for Farmers and Ranchers in the United States and Throughout the World (PDF), Public Citizen, 2003.

What's in the Beef? Scientists Question the Safety of Irradiated Ground Beef (PDF), Public Citizen, 2003.