I sending your request to a group of people that deal much more with the topic you raised. We are in the process, however, of putting up a WWW-research page that also porvides links to irradiated food concerns. Please, check back with us in say two months.
Sincerely,
Christoph Hanterman
PS.: also try ORGANIC-CERTIFICATION which as a list on LISTROC@listserv.oit.unc.edu.
At 06:52 PM 3/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi, thanks for the insightful email newsletter >(http://www.napf.org/sunflower_9803.html). I like this more than the waste
>of paper. I also have read parts of the Nation magazine on the Gift of
>Time. Very inspiring and moving.
> Was wondering if you all knew about a tangential issue on nuclear
>radiation. It concerns the proposal to water down the Organic Food
>standard. Among other things that contradict the current meaning of the
>word "organic," this proposed law would allow food treated with radiation
>to still be considered organic. What's most frightening about this is that
>commercial foods, especially grains and meats, are currently treated with
>radiation. The radiation, of course, comes from the waste products of
>nuclear plants and weapons facilities. In a sense, our buying habits
>support nuclear technology when purchasing non-organic foods and might also
>in the future with organic foods if the proposal passes. I'm doing a lot
>of work to try and see that it does not, but certainly could have more
>concerned citizens write letters to the USDA. I'd be more than happy ot
>provide you with what I know about the proposal and its implications. In
>the meanwhile, keep up the great work informing us all about the state of
>nuclear technology.
>Sandeep Kumar
>
>
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