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Too dangerous, there have been incidents where people have overridden safety protocols and crawled into the "hot" space to fix issues and got themselves irradiated, usually with lethal results.
In addition, I would bet that irradiation equipment is safer than tractors and other large scale industrial machinery used in the food industry.
High energy radiation breaks organic bonds all over the place, resulting in changes in color, taste, and nutrition, not to mention carcinogenic tendencies. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820857/
It seems like there's a lot of imaginary radiation==cancer stuff going around, it's not clear to me if this study is a one-of or if it's generally accepted that there is a danger. I suspect it's the former
It is used, particularly with spices and fresh fruit, but sporadically for all kinds of food. As for why it's not universal: There are some concerns about radiochemical effects, mostly regarding nutritional degradation, with extremely high doses such as might be used to sterilize raw meat for storage at room temperature. While I can't source this now that I'm looking for it, I vaguely recall reading a survey about fo…
High energy radiation breaks organic bonds all over the place, resulting in changes in color, taste, and nutrition, not to mention carcinogenic tendencies. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820857/
Can anyone vouch for that journal "International Journal of Medical Sciences"? It seems like there's a lot of imaginary radiation==cancer stuff going around, it's not clear to me if this study is a one-of or if it's generally accepted that there is a danger. I suspect it's the former
Because as much as the ads yell about disinfecting, very little actually needs disinfecting in order to be safe for you. And of course eggs are their own special story. They already come with a protective coating. The US and Canada just washes it off, actually making the eggs _less_ safe, necessitating refrigeration.