More questions regarding IRRADIATION

December 20, 2005

Reading the articles about IRRADIATION of our food groups, that everyone has

contributed on the Sprout People forum, I have been investigating how wide

spread this practice is used.

Upon inquiring about how many foods that we consume that maybe or are

IRRADIATED, I was shocked to find that all foods that cross our Borders,

that go through Customs (I Live in Ontario Canada) are irradiated. At this

point in time, I have learned that only locally grown foods have not been

exposed to the IRRADIATION Process.

I also learned from our local Health Food Store Owner, that just because a

food is categorized as Organic, it does not exclude protection from the

irradiation process. It only guarantees that the growth process followed

specified regulations that categorize the foods as Organic. There are no

regulations on what happens to the foods to prepare them for shipping or

handling, after the growth process has passed inspection. I learned that

almost all raw foods are sprayed with insecticides in storage to prevent

degradation from insects.

I look for further inputs, as this information that I have just recently

learned is just word of mouth. The owner of the health food store did phone

two suppliers ( Port Royal Mills and Ontario Food Co-Op Buyers Group) to

gain this information following my request for a follow-up. Thank You -

from Ontario Canada

December 20, 2005

, you certainly put a lot of effort into this and I thank you so much. We

are all being lied to about so many things...and if not lies, then deception. I

think we have all been ASSUMING too much because thats what we would like to

believe. What a rude awakening. Again, thank you for all your time involved in

finding this out! I guess we can all see now how important it is to transform

our small yards...or even a window box with some healthy vegetables that we grow

on our own. There is always room for a window box of mesculun greens and a space

on a patio for a trellis tomato, green beans, or squash. I would be careful and

NOT use reclaimed water in the yard or on my vegetables!! And if we have

cooperative neighbors of the same mind set, maybe they could grow the eggplant

and yams and trade. Also, we can certainly appreciate even more what we can

learn from each other here as far as our sprouting successes. Real food is

becoming scarce, folks.

davidwhittaker <davidwhittaker@...> wrote: Reading the articles about

IRRADIATION of our food groups, that everyone has

contributed on the Sprout People forum, I have been investigating how wide

spread this practice is used.

Upon inquiring about how many foods that we consume that maybe or are

IRRADIATED, I was shocked to find that all foods that cross our Borders,

that go through Customs (I Live in Ontario Canada) are irradiated. At this

point in time, I have learned that only locally grown foods have not been

exposed to the IRRADIATION Process.

I also learned from our local Health Food Store Owner, that just because a

food is categorized as Organic, it does not exclude protection from the

irradiation process. It only guarantees that the growth process followed

specified regulations that categorize the foods as Organic. There are no

regulations on what happens to the foods to prepare them for shipping or

handling, after the growth process has passed inspection. I learned that

almost all raw foods are sprayed with insecticides in storage to prevent

degradation from insects.

I look for further inputs, as this information that I have just recently

learned is just word of mouth. The owner of the health food store did phone

two suppliers ( Port Royal Mills and Ontario Food Co-Op Buyers Group) to

gain this information following my request for a follow-up. Thank You -

from Ontario Canada

December 20, 2005

Yes, I agree. I have been giving this much thought lately, wondering how much

food I buy at a health food store or food co-op is really as good as I think it

is. How do we know if a food has been irradiated or not? I just tested some

whole grain barley that we bought in 2002 for germination and it DID NOT

germinate. What am I to think? Seems that at least 1 or 2 seeds out of 10

should have had life in them.

We am very blessed in that we have 6 acres of tillable soil and my DH and I do

raise a big garden every year. We do indeed eat good for about 4 months out of

the year, but what about the rest of the year. I had a 14 cu. ft. freezer full

of good food that hurricane Katrina took.

Gail in MS

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