Food irradiation: unresolved issues.

Clin Infect Dis

Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 30 Bergen St., Newark, NJ 07107, USA.

Published: August 2001

Food-associated diarrheal disease is a major problem in the United States. One approach offered as virtually a panacea is food irradiation. Irradiating our food would have some unequivocal benefits, but there are some important unresolved issues that must be addressed before we commit our society to a technology that could be harmful.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/321907DOI Listing

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