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Zapping curbs alien spinach

Irradiation appears to offer a way to keep water spinach, a black-market Asian delicacy, from taking root as a nuisance plant in U.S. waters.

Further Readings:

1992. The brave new world of food irradiation. University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter 8(May):1.

1985. Irradiated foods. American Council on Science and Health. June. Summit, N.J.

Bord, R.J., and R.E. O’Connor. 1989. Who wants irradiated food? Untangling complex public opinion. Food Technology(October):87.

FAO/IAEA/WHO Expert Committee. 1981. Wholesomeness of irradiated foods. World Health Organization Technical Report #659. Geneva.

International Consulatative Group on Food Irradition. 1991. Facts about food irradiation. Report IAEA/PI/A33E 91-05549 by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna.

Jacobson, M.F., and S. Schmidt. 1992. Food irradiation: Zapping our troubles away? Nutrition Action Healthletter 19(April):1.

Thayer, D.W. 1994. Wholesomeness of irradiated foods. Food Technology(May):132.

Sources:

International Consulatative Group on Food Irradition
Joint FAO/IUAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
Wagramerstrasse 5
P.O. Box 100
A-1400 Vienna
Austria

Nutrition Action Healthletter
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, Ste. 300
Washington, DC 20009-5728
Web site: http://www.cspinet.org

Thai K. Van
USDA-ARS
Aquatic Research Unit
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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314

World Health Organization
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Albany, NY 12210

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