/oss/taxonomy/term/733/all en /oss/article/health-you-asked/food-irradiation-dangerous <p>Try asking people what they are more scared of, exposing food to nuclear radiation or eating food contaminated by E. coli, Listeria or Salmonella bacteria. It’s a safe bet that many would rather take their chances with bacterial food poisoning than with food irradiation. Too bad because food irradiation can reduce the risk of bacterial food poisoning, but public fear keeps the technology from being more widely applied than it currently is. And this fear is mostly irrational.</p> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:07:57 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1789 at /oss