The FDA has announced that beginning today, spinach and lettuce sold across the United States may now be secretly irradiated before it reaches grocery store shelves. What’s “secret” about it? The FDA previously decided that irradiation warning stickers would not be required on any food items because it would be “too confusing to consumers.” (The word IRRADIATION apparently has too many letters to be understood to food buyers.) Thus, irradiated foods will not be labeled as such, and consumers are going to be left in the dark about all this (except for those who actually eat the irradiated food, in which case they will glow in the dark).
The FDA, of course, insists that the levels of irradiation used to kill e.coli will have no effect whatsoever on the nutritional value of the food. This astonishing statement comes from an agency that doesn’t believe food has any nutritional value in the first place, so lowering the value to zero by destroying all the phytonutrients does not, in the opinion of the FDA, alter its nutritional value at all. Thus, destroying all the anti-cancer nutrients in a head of broccoli merely brings that broccoli into “compliance” as a non-functional food, according to the FDA.
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Radiation, of course, destroys delicate phytochemicals in plants — the very phytochemicals protecting consumers against cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, inflammation and other diseases. Microwaving broccoli, for example, destroys up to 98% of its anti-cancer nutrients. (The FDA has not yet acknowledged this scientific fact, either.) In a similar way, irradiating food destroys much of its nutritional content, including vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins and other delicate protective nutrients that are right now providing the last, desperate nutritional defense against the American diet of meat, milk, fried foods and processed junk.
Irradiating fresh produce will leave the U.S. population is a state of extreme deficiency in protective plant-based nutrients.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am
well folks, this is your warning that its time to start growing your own spinach and such, you can turn a spare bedroom into your own personal food production zone for minimal costs, and it helps you and everyone else out not being dependent on GMO mass produced big business controlled food.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Fantastic. With the air and water quality levels as such, the only logical next step in wiping out untold masses of population would be contaminated food sources.
but wait, why even contaminate them, when you can simply irradiate the food, and destroy ANY and ALL vital nutrients stored in them.
the only difference between natural food and processed food, besides the preservatives, is the NUTRIENTS provided in natural fresh food. nutrients that, thanks to our destroyed water and air, and our joke of a food system, are desperately needed.
so there you have it, your government wants you dead. Your fresh produce is now no better than a big mac.
Enjoy it folks, the end of days is near
August 25th, 2008 at 10:46 am
BRANDAMA…….I AGREE 100 %, I ALREADY BOUGHT MY SEEDS FROM EFOODSDIRECT.COM (HERE ON THE ALEX JONES WEBSITE) THEY ARE THE ONLY SEEDS I FOUND THAT ARE NOT GM.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Well if I remember correctly, they won the case so they don’t have to state if it’s GM or not.
I could be wrong, but I suspect I’m right.
August 25th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
RE Maria:
There are lots of seeds available that are non-GMO. (I buy mine at highmowingseeds.com) There actually are not that many varieties of vegetables that are GMO (definitely corn, soybeans, squash are – possible tomatoes/potatoes)
Buy seeds that are “heirloom” this means that it’s an old variety. Hybrid seeds are NOT necessarily GMO, but they require cross-pollination and that makes it harder to get producing plants from the saved seeds. Buy heirloom and you will NOT be buying GMO!
August 25th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
look up information on storing vegetables.
home canned fruits and vegetables last 5 years and more.
grow artichokes! they are a perrenial and will come back year after year for at least 3-5.
and too, dandelions!!!!!
more nutrition in dandelions root, leaves and crown than almost any vegetable! many medicinal uses too, an excellent cleanser of the liver and kidneys if you should contract a virus and don’t forget dandelion wine : 0 They can’t get rid of all the dandelions : ) Look it up!
Offer to weed your neighbors lawns even : )
August 25th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
The article makes all sorts of claims but no link or paper to back it up.
Sorry, but not all radiation are equal. Don’t fall for this, get the information first then let’s talk about it.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
You should be more worried about food additives and preservatives.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Here: http://www.aboutnuclear.org/vi.....,Benefits_^_Effects
August 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
sorry rayb…it goes hand in hand with this bit of legislation.
They have been trying to weaken our immune systems for years.
Then they will drop the virus bomb.
wakeup!
http://www.hepatitiscfree.com/.....0-2003.htm
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BILL INTRODUCED TO PUT SUPPLEMENTS UNDER FDA CONTROL
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Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) has introduced a bill (S.722) titled the – Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2003 – that would amend the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and possibly shake the foundation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). The bill may be voted on this week to add to the Appropriations Bill.
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The bill would not only require manufacturers to report adverse events to the federal government, but also pre-market approval for dietary supplements.
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This bill would subject nearly all vitamins, minerals, herbal products and other supplements to a level of scrutiny that is both unwarranted and unnecessary. Products that have been used safely for hundreds — and in some cases thousands of years would be subject to clinical evaluation using standards that are at the complete discretion of the FDA.
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Under this new legislation, the FDA has complete discretion to make this determination, regardless of whether the product was used under conditions cautioned against by the manufacturer on the label.
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If you are concerned that your rights are being eroded, I urge you to call
your Senators and tell them, “Don’t take away my right to use safe, affordable, health promoting products! – Oppose any amendment that limits my access to vitamins, minerals, herbs and other dietary supplements.”
August 25th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
They should at lease give people the decision by stating if it’s irradiated or not – people would then have the freedom of choice and market forces would drive down the cost of this evil food.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Janice, I don’t necessarily agree with radiation. But people should get information first. The article here lacks reference on the science, on the benefits and effects. As with everything you have to weigh the benefits and the effects against other preservation methods. On my list, additives and preservatives are much worse that low level irradiation. They can add all sorts of drugs with the addition of chemicals and that is not the case with irradiation. Besides, they have been doing it for a very long time in Europe.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
My insurance against this is that I buy from my favorite local farm, then freeze. This way, we have fresh, healthy food all through the winter months. No doubt, this is the best way to go for us.
Not to mention that the flavor is light years from the crap in the supermarkets. The smell of fresh picked veggies is enough to make your mouth water. Bring on the food.
In my area, there are a lot of u-pick farms and you can take it from the field and to your kitchen. How great is that???
Also, you can sprout highly nutritious sprouts on your kitchen counter. It only takes 3 days and you have healthy sprouts for salads and sandwiches or ‘green’ smoothie.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
@RayB
It amazes me that you are actually on the right side this time.
Every time you step out the door, you are being irradiated. Irradiating food does NOT make it “radioactive” and eating irradiated food won’t make you “glow in the dark”.
UV light is radiation, as are x-rays and even visible light. Being irradiated by UV and visible light does not make you give off UV and visible light, does it?
As you point out RayB irradiation is far safer than the other preservatives they put on produce. Did you know they even put toxic sunscreens on some fruits to reduce solar discolouration? It is not even for health reasons but simply cosmetic. Yet irradiation, that can kill E. Coli and Salmonella and all other harmful organisms leave NO TRACE in the food at all, just like x-rays leave no trace in your body.
I do agree that labeling should be mandatory though… if people want to be retarded and prefer the poisoned food over the unpoisoned food, then let them. I would also like to know my food IS irradiated, because then I can be sure I won’t get E Coli. off that fresh vegetable! Labeling benefits everyone!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
i agree that people should get information first. They don’t tend to do that however.
Taking all of the information that I have garnered in these past four years I have come to the conclusion that nothing the FDA nor the present administration has done has been for the benefit of the populace. On the contrary, it is for the sole purpose of depopulation and control. I have tried to look at both sides of the coin and found very little evidence that this administration has done anything that would benefit individual u.s. citizens or america as a whole. I tend to be, as I think most u.s. citizens are becoming, more than a little skeptical. What I have found on the other side of the coin is a government that is ready to instill martial law, lead all of it’s citizens off to camp, kill them or tazer them at the least sign of resistance, make them too poor to provide for their own food, lie to them through the media on a daily basis, destroy the economy just as they did in the 1930’s through a war that was funded (both sides) by the elite in order to impoverish many thousands and to take over the banks just like they are doing now, to terrify them by destroying buildings and killing thousands at once, infiltrate other countries and slaughter it’s citizens for the sake of the spoils, hang or murder men they themselves have put into power.
I’m canadian!!!! I have been at this for four years trying to warn you people and you don’t listen. I care…when will you?
There will come a time in the not too distant future when you won’t be able to live there but you won’t be able to leave. Wake up!
Will you please wake up!!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
terminator seeds
control and dependency
http://www.ratical.org/co-glob.....nator.html
http://www.organicconsumers.or.....102605.cfm
August 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
What you are doing is living in fear because all you believe in is in the physical. You fear for your children and your animals. You are afraid because you feel that once this life is over there is nothing. They have told you that and you believe it. So you live in fear.
How would you feel if you really believed that you lived on after. How would you behave now if you knew that you were immortal? That you are spirit and nothing can take that from you. You are very powerful you know. You just don’t know it yet. That’s why they have to scare you.
I know it. I’ve seen it. I’ve felt it.
this is for you….
http://www.ted.com/index.php/t.....sight.html
i can help you to understand your fears and help you to decide what it is you want to do.
you can email me anytime
artsy_chic2000@yahoo.ca
August 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
So let me get this straight. Plants need UV to grow. But to kill stuff in plants that is bad, we need to hit them with another dose of UV?
I bought a “Steri-Pen” the other day (a product that sterilizes water by dosing it with UV). The instructions state that it irradiates the water for a period of time, which alters the DNA of bacteria and viruses thereby preventing them from reproducing, which is what makes you sick.
Water is not an organic product, and plants are (although most plants are 90-99% water). By the very nature of plants, they require UV to grow, but they change that UV into something good.
So what does this do to the plant? And of course what does it do to us?
August 25th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Janice, you are the atypical kumbyah feminazi that “THINKS” you have all the cures for everyone else… Didn’t you even notice the vast majority of the comments on the link you so thoughtfully provided were by women? You are a moron, and so is the idiot woman giving the “BRAIN LECTURE”… Get a dose of reality why don’t you, and put your healing crystals away, they don’t work either!
August 25th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
there is no talking to people that don’t research and only assume. i don’t post much because of people like you that would prefer not to know the truth. You have the forum sir. My consitution tells ne that all truth comes from within if only we want to wake up. God bless…be strong for what is to come…God bless..
August 25th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
RayB (wrote)
August 25,2008
“…Besides, they have been doing it for a very long time in Europe.”
Isn’t continental Europe where no one’s set a world record for about a generation, and the BIRTH RATE (native population growth rate) is NEGATIVE for some mysterious reason?
I apologize in advance for not taking time to adequately research my own question (everyone’s busy these days).
August 25th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
right on
August 25th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
RayB, If I thought that irradiated food would lower the birthrate in the world , I would approve of it whole heartedly. But, alas, it doesn’t really seem to have that effect. It just destroys the nutritional value.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Dear Prison Planet and Mr. Alex Jones… I have been reading on this site for several years now, including your other sites as well… I have also promoted PP on many other blogs over the past few years… I have never purchased any material from your sites out of fear of being watched by our glorious government… I only recently decided to post on your site a few times to test the waters of truth(Control And Non-postings/Deletions), and to see if you “Practice What You Preach”, and out of 7 comments/post’s/blogs, you allowed only two to remain, and those were the first two… Well, my typical mainstream news affiliates(NBC/ABC/CBS/FOX and Local) delete or refuse to post my comments less than 1 out of every 30 comments I make… So as far as you being a champion of civil rights and liberties, I have to say you fail miserably compared to mainstream media, and get a big fat F on freedom of speech… So go bite a donkey dong, I will not be recommending you even to the dwindling frog population… Lets see if you have the “balls” to take this criticism and post this, or can you take it as well as you deal it out?
August 26th, 2008 at 6:57 am
@Just a Red Neck
“So let me get this straight. Plants need UV to grow. But to kill stuff in plants that is bad, we need to hit them with another dose of UV?”
Ever heard of a sunburn Mr RED NECK? That is caused by UV radiation damaging skin cells. High enough doses of UV will kill a plant too.
The fact is UV is one of the best disinfectants we have, and powerful UV lamps are used in biological labs for disinfection.
You don’t use UV to irradiate food though because it can’t penetrate very deep. For that you need much more powerful frequencies like x-rays and gamma rays.
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By the way, you people realise that this only relates to spinach and lettuce, right? Check out this page to see what is ALREADY irradiated and sold in US markets:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa-fdir.html
On another note, the site telling you that irradiation destroys the nutritional value of these foods also says this:
“They believe this because they’ve never been taught about the phytonutrients, digestive enzymes and life force properties that are found in fresh foods, but that are destroyed through HEAT or irradiation.”
http://www.naturalnews.com/023015.html
That’s right, you better not COOK your spinach! Oh, and enjoy your E. Coli induced bloody diarrhea!
August 26th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Karmakaze, science does not take sides, only the side of Truth. I am a man of science and I see that you do your research too.
Plant don’t need UV radiations to grow. Photosynthesis need visible light at (roughly) in the blue-green and red.
Food irradiation uses only the radiation. And they use low level of them too. The can use electrons, x-rays, protons, etc. They don’t actually put the radioactive element or lamp in the food. That’s right, you can produce x-ray with a lamp!!! That’s how we do it in x-ray spectroscopy. I’ll say it again, they use low level. Heat and refrigeration also destroy the nutrients. You actually bombard your brain with more radiation when you use your cell phone.
As for birth rates… in France they have been irradiating food for very long. And it is also in France that they have the highest numbers of over 100 years old. Show me a paper that actually show the direct link between food irradiation and birthrates and I might change my position. Not a forged or casual link like that of global warming but a real direct research paper. There are lots of other parameters that is influencing the birth rate. For example, a scientist found that those not wearing boxers but those tight shorts had a lower sperm count. Chernobyl does not count as a food radiation method. A big part of Europe and even Canada were exposed to the radiative cloud at that time.
But remember, killing the bacteria and virus does not take them away. They are still in your food… just dead!
August 26th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Oh please!! Nobody is going to glow in the dark; microwaving destroys more nutrients than any other method of cooking. I’ve read up on irradiation & the dose is quick & low. Having had several cases of food poisoning over the past 5 yrs from fruits & veggies, I’d rather have a little irradiation any time. The real answer is to clean up our food supply. I know this “health” website this info comes from; they are anti meat & push vegetarianism & veganism. Just buy the cleanest food you can find & take vitamins. You’ll be fine.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Actually, talking about cleaning up the food supply… we should actually look at the source for most food related toxins.
One thing they should stop is to spread municipal sludge in fields. Did you know that lots of drugs and chemicals are not destroyed in the water treatment plants. By spreading the sludge on the fields, the plants get contaminated. They found traces of drugs and antibiotics in vegetables and fruits. Not only that but the water gets also contaminated and that goes back in the food chain also since we drink it and animals drink it too.
This is exactly the same problem with fluoride. They add it to the water, the animals and plants get it and then you put more in your mouth with toothpastes, etc.
This is more of a real concern than a little irradiation.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Why does it have to be SECRETLY irradiated? Why not give the American consumer a choice? I guess big brother knows best…
August 26th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I laugh at all you people who “can’t afford organic”. GET A GRIP. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU can afford plastic crap and gasoline and stupid clothes over your organic veggies. PATHETIC. GET SOME PRIORITIES OR THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU!
August 26th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Lots of our poor health conditions are caused my the fact that we don’t exposed our immune system to bacteria, virus, etc. In our clear environment and all the clean food we eat, we lack those little bugs that makes us a little sick but at the same time make our immune system strong.
August 26th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Just quit buying lettuce and spinach! A salad with tomatoes, onions and cukes is just as good. The geeks at the stupidmarket will soon get the message.
August 26th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
@Kamakaze
Wow, I am so humbled by your vast knowledge. (Just in case you missed it, that was sarcasm)
First off, on my planet statements like: “So let me get this straight”, are usually read as: “Warning! Sarcastic Statements May Follow!”. I see why my friend says that sarcasm is wasted on most folks. BTW, just a suggestion, next time try the decaf.
BTW, your first comment which asks if I ever heard of a sunburn; goes on to state how harmful the UV is; so I ask, “how is this good for my food again”?
You then go further and state how powerful of a disinfectant UV is and then again fail to address how this is good for food.
You then contradict the article which states they are using UV to disinfect or irradiate lettuce and spinach, by stating that is not what they are doing.
You then list the fact that they are already doing this to other foods as a means of substantiating that using UV to irradiate plants using UV is safe.
You then go on and assume that everyone cooks their lettuce and spinach (which does the same thing as irradiating it) and if they do not do that, they can look forward to diarrhea.
Did I miss anything? Oh yea, you totally ignored the fact that I said that the Steri Pen product which is used to disinfect water by irradiating it with UV by destroying the DNA structure of the organisms is irradiating a non-organic material.
One other thing, my statement that plant us UV to grow was incorrect, plants do not use UV, so I stand corrected.
Some interesting reading material:
http://www.osti.gov/energycita.....id=6657527
http://cache.search.yahoo.net/.....p;.intl=us
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/O.....lants.html
August 26th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Excuse me ? The article says nothing about UV. If you have read up on the subject of food irradiation, you would know that. Your comment is twaddle.
Please eat irradiated food so you can die sooner and leave more oxygen and women and hemp for me.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Jens right… we all need to start buying and exposing others to buying organic and have these gmo farmers go out of business…
August 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am
@RayB
“Karmakaze, science does not take sides, only the side of Truth. I am a man of science and I see that you do your research too.”
That is great to hear. I’m sure one day you will stop falling for the constantly changing anti-AGW bullshit then.
A little OT, but in just the last few years it has gone from, “there is no global warming”, to “there is global warming but it’s natural and caused by the sun”, to “there is global warming caused by the sun, but now its going to cool” to “no, you’re all wrong, it’s the moon!” Every time their bullshit is disproved, they just pluck a new lie out of their arses and run with that, knowing that every time they do, they delay the inevitable day when WE are freed from the fossil fuel slavery.
Back on topic, the only difference between UV and Gamma rays is the frequency of the photons. They are both ionising radiation – meaning they can detach an electron from an atom or molecule. In fact even visible light is an ionising radiation. The range of atoms and molecules visible light can ionise is far lower than gamma rays though. But for the atoms that both can isonise, there is no difference. The effect is exactly the same. That is why photographic film can be used to detect gamma rays too.
Another point to note, lower doses of radiation don’t necessarily kill bacteria or viruses, but they can render them incapable of reproduction which effectively prevents infection. So the dose used is determined by the effect required.
In no case though does the bacteria or virus or plant cells themselves become radioactive, just like shining a light on a photographic film doesn’t make it glow.
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@Just a Red Neck
“Wow, I am so humbled by your vast knowledge. (Just in case you missed it, that was sarcasm)”
No, really? Oh my god, I thought you were really praising me! You had me so fooled!
“First off, on my planet statements like: “So let me get this straight”, are usually read as: “Warning! Sarcastic Statements May Follow!”. I see why my friend says that sarcasm is wasted on most folks. BTW, just a suggestion, next time try the decaf.”
Oh, so you didn’t REALLY think that UV caused you to suddenly start radiating UV light? You were just being sarcastic?
“BTW, your first comment which asks if I ever heard of a sunburn; goes on to state how harmful the UV is; so I ask, “how is this good for my food again”?”
I don’t know, by killing bacteria like E. Coli that can cause bloody diarrhea and even death, and it can do it without leaving ANY toxic substances on the food for you to ingest? Could THAT be it? Unless of course, like I said above, you think getting a sunburn suddenly makes you radioactive, that is.
“You then go further and state how powerful of a disinfectant UV is and then again fail to address how this is good for food.”
By disinfecting it? I’m pretty sure that’s what disinfectants do. Maybe in YOUR world they don’t… Oh, you are still talking about UV light making things radioactive, aren’t you?
“You then contradict the article which states they are using UV to disinfect or irradiate lettuce and spinach, by stating that is not what they are doing.”
Where in the article do they state they are using UV light to irradiate food? YOU are the one that said THAT, not the article. As I said UV is not powerful enough for food irradiation. For that, they usually use gamma and X-rays.
“You then list the fact that they are already doing this to other foods as a means of substantiating that using UV to irradiate plants using UV is safe.”
Not at all, because they DON’T use UV to irradiate food. I used it to state they have been irradiating food in the US for years, and no one has died of radiation poisoning yet, simply because it is physically impossible to make a radioactive substance by irradiating a non-radioactive substance. Irradiating ANYTHING leave no trace of the radiation. All that is left is damaged molecules like viral or bacterial DNA.
If you think that is dangerous, you better not cook your spinach, or any food for that matter, because cooking does exactly the same thing.
“You then go on and assume that everyone cooks their lettuce and spinach (which does the same thing as irradiating it) and if they do not do that, they can look forward to diarrhea.”
If it is infected with E. Coli they can, see the latest spinach related E. Coli outbreak in the US, for an example.
“Did I miss anything? Oh yea, you totally ignored the fact that I said that the Steri Pen product which is used to disinfect water by irradiating it with UV by destroying the DNA structure of the organisms is irradiating a non-organic material.”
But the water becomes radioactive, right? Or is it only spinach molecules that become radioactive when subject to UV light as found in normal sunlight?
Seriously, I have no idea what you are trying to say, and I highly doubt you do either.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Karmakaze, I don’t fall for anything or change my mind based on what pseudo-scientists say. I don’t understand the whole picture on how exactly the sun works… hell, nobody does… but I can see clearly, based on the natural science, that the CO2 we emit only contributes for a very tiny part of the warming part of climate change. As I said before, you have to be an idiot to not see that there are climate cycles and that we when through a warming phase in the 90’s. In any case, things are cooling now. I just hope our kids and grand-kids won’t do the same stupid things in the future.
But this does not mean we have to clean up our emissions and find more efficient power sources or at least improve the efficiency of our power systems. Pollution comes in many forms, but CO2 at even much higher levels than now is not one of them. But we do need to clean most of the other ones.
Now, coming back to irradiation… people have to understand that you can never, ever, get a more energetic emission of electromagnetic waves or particles than that which is used for the excitation. If that was the case, it would not take long for the whole universe to blow up. But that does not mean you can’t render non radioactive material radioactive… it all depends on the excitation source, its intensity and time of exposure and the type of decays the exposed molecules/atoms go through. A prime example is those drugs used in radio-therapy. However, in the case of food irradiation, the wavelength and intensity won’t ever produce such radioactive material. If you put a Geiger detector next to the irradiated food you won’t be able to tell the difference from the background radiation.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
If you have the option, buy locally grown produce.
Produce that’s imported from other countries that have very different idea of what’s allowed for irrigation (like not very well treated sewage water) could have all kinds of nasties on it.
I buy from a local vietnamese market (in the USA) that gets most of its produce from local farmers. Ironically, not only is the produce much, much cheaper, the quality is far superior to that what is found in chain supermarkets that get their stuff from foreign growers.
If you have a local vietnamese market, check it out as it may be worth your while. The unfortunate aspect is that such a market may also have lots of canned and dry goods and whatnot imported from China. You’ll want to bypass those, of course. Unless you’re into suicide or being maimed at the moment, natch.
January 17th, 2009 at 9:58 am
The bottom line is that we simply cannot trust our government or any of their agencies, or any of the large NGOs and institutions – like Big Agra or Big Pharma – that work hand in hand with our them to ensure ever larger profits and control for themselves, regardless of the cost to the general population. I don’t know if they’re actively trying to kill us off, or if they even give that much of a damn about us. I do know, from repeated examples and my own observations over the past 50 odd years that we are lied to constantly, or that “scientists” are frequently not aware of what the consequences of their experimentation will be. We’re all guinea pigs in the world’s biggest petri dish and have been since the end of WW2 and we simply don’t know what the results will be. We can only know THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY BEING LIED TO ON EVERY FRONT.
So what this means is we must be skeptical of everything, even things that may actually be benign because we don’t have suficient evidence or data to know otherwise. We must stick to old, tried and true methods and processes, and shun much of what is new simply because we cannot trust the people and organization who are producing these things.
So bottom line…there may be no actual or intended harm from irradiation of these vegetables. It might actually work simply as these “scientists” and government officials say it does. BUT I DON’T TRUST THEM AND I WANT TO HAVE AN INFORMED CHOICE. The simple fact that they won’t allow these vegetables to be labelled as Irradiated means they are denying us the choice of whether to take a chance on believing that what they are saying is true. Maybe it is. I don’t trust people I have found to be habitual liars and crooks.
I want to have information about what I am putting in my body, which is what enables me to choose. I value that freedom more than I fear any virus or bug.
One word about “scientists”. Nazi Germany was full of doctors and scientists who did whatever they could to fulfill the ends of that regime because it coincided with their own beliefs, and allowed them the latitude to conduct whatever experimentation they wanted to. Much “science” is done in a moral vacuum and grows out of the experimenters own belief systems. Their work is not necessarily intended to benefit mankind as the majority of us would think of it, nor are they unbiased in their beliefs, as anyone who has dissented from a majority scientific belief has found. Too many “scientists” do things because they CAN, not because they SHOULD. I don’t trust them either.
Best thing is to grow your own fruits and vegetables as much as you can,and join with your neighbors to promote the common good and welfare. The hell with Big Government, Big Agra, Big Pharma, Big Media and Big Business. They’re all out to screw us over and control and take whatever we have.