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Food Irradiation: The Global Agenda wheat to malnourished children", American Journal and Isomedix. Continued from page 24 of Clinical NutritionFebruary 1975; 28:130–135. 28. See www.ratical.com/radiation/inetSeries/ 10. The brochure, "Catching the Wave", published 20. Polyploidy or endoreduplication is caused by a partialAccLs.html. on the IAEA website www.iaea.org, is an outstand- blocking of the last stage of a cell division. The 29. See www.sustainable-city.org/articles/ ing example of the type of public relations (propa- chromosomes have reduplicated themselves, but the irradiat.htm. ganda) campaign which will target consumers over cell does not split into two parts, each with a normal 30. Ashton, J. and Laura, R., The Perils of Progress: the next few years. set of chromosomes, so the result is one large cell Health and Environment Hazards of Modern 11 . See www.who.org for the full text of the statement. with a double set of chromosomes. Technology and What You Can Do About Them, 12. Bullerman et al., "Use of Gamma Irradiation to 21. See www.food-irradiation.com/you_asked.htm#. UNSW Press, Australia, 1998, p. 166. Prevent Aflatoxin Production in Bread", Journal of 22. Market Development for Irradiated Food in the 31. Irradiation of food packaging materials is Food Science1973:1238. Asia-Pacific. FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research increasing, and this is an area in which there may be 13. Webb and Lang, op. cit. Projects, www.iaea.or.at/programmes/nafa/d5/crp/ potential health risks from packaging-radiation inter- 14. Josephson, Edward S. and Peterson, Martin S. d6_2006.html. actions. (eds), Preservation of Food by Ionizing Radiation, 23. Canadian regulations have remained unchanged 32. IAEA, "Facts About Food Irradiation", ibid. CRC Press, Florida, USA, 3 volumes (vol. 1, 1982; since 1989, when food irradiation was reclassified as vols 2 & 3, 1983). a process rather than an ingredient. Canadian clear- About the Author: 15. Electron beam technology was initially devel- ances in effect today include: potatoes and onions Susan Bryce is an Australian journalist and author oped as part of the US Strategic Defense Initiative, for sprout inhibition; wheat, flour and whole wheat of more than 70 published research articles. popularly known as "Star Wars". After the initiative flour for insect de-infestation; and spices and dehy- Susan publishes the Australian Freedom & lost funding, scientists continued to develop acceler- drated seasonings for microbial reduction. See Survival Guide, which aims to undermine the ator technologies and devise new uses for them. www.foodincanada.com/Content/03-96/F7_Features. html. pervading myths surrounding the corporate 16. US Food and Drug Administration Center for 24. European Parliament, Joint Text for a European consumer culture, globalisation and the New Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, "Kinetics of Parliament and Council Directive concerning Foods World Order. AF&SG encourages public debate microbal inactivation for alternative food processing and Food Ingredients Treated with Ionising and questioning of issues which are fundamental technologies – pulsed X-rays", June 2, 2000, Radiation, 27 January 1999, www.dainet.de/bfe/Bfe- to our future freedom and survival. These issues www.mv.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/itf-xray.html. Englisch/Information/Lebensmittel.htm. include genetic engineering, food irradiation and 17. International Atomic Energy Agency, "Facts 25. Steritech's application can be downloaded from related issues, Big Brother and the international About Food Irradiation", www.iaea.org. the ANZFA website, www.anzfa.gov.au. surveillance regime, corporate power and global 18. Verbatim testimony, US Congressional Hearings 26. See www.gmabrands.com/pubpolicy/ governance, and self-sufficiency in the 21st into Food Irradiation, House Committee on irradiation/index.cfm. century. Commerce and Energy, Sub-Committee on Health 27. More than 170 companies throughout the world Australian Freedom & Survival Guide is avail- and Environment, June 19, 1987. For more details, are irradiating food. The US irradiation companies able by subscription (6 issues per year, A$45.00, see Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, listed by the Grocery Manufacturers Association are: US$37.00, £25.00). Send cheque payable to "Potential Hazards of Food Irradiation", Accelerator Technology Corporation; Alpha Omega Susan Bryce, POBox 66, Kenilworth, Qld 4574, www.ccnr.org/food_irradiation.html. Technology, Inc.; APA Inc./Titan Corporation; Food Australia. For more details, visit website 19. Bhaskaram, C., "Effects of feeding irradiated Technology Service, Inc.; Iotron Technologies, Inc.; www.squirrel.com.au/~sbryce/. FEBRUARY – MARCH 2001 NEXUS • 81