While the Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation for meat back in 1997, the meat industry still faces its toughest critics: the American public.
Last year Wal-Mart began offering more organic products--those grown without pesticides, antibiotics, irradiation and so on--and the big company's expansion into a once alternative .
An irradiation takes less than 20 minutes, and patients who are able to walk can go about their business after resting half an hour.
Laser Pulses Investigate Cirrus Clouds Can cloud formation, precipitation or thunderstorms be influenced by laser light irradiation? This issue is under investigation by researchers from KIT’s Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Aerosol Research (IMK-AAF), Freie Universität Berlin, and the University of Geneva.By Matthew Peach
June 21, 2013 - PhotonicsOnline
Mike Johanns in Environment News Service This is a significant milestone that paves the way for the future use of irradiation technology to protect against the introduction of plant pests,said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns.
Andrew Humpherson in The Age We are still importing because we haven't completed commissioning of one of the major radio-pharmaceuticals,Mr Humpherson said. "To do that the safety regulator separately has to approve testing of irradiation then the various processes in...