Is it News or St00p1d?
Sorry, but the popular press sometimes gets on my nerves…such as this article on the ABC News site:
Don’t expect to find irradiated spinach and lettuce in your supermarket any time soon, even though federal regulators have given the food industry permission to sell it.
Several hurdles will discourage immediate widespread adoption, including cost, lack of irradiation facilities, concerns about how well it will work and whether consumers will buy produce that’s been irradiated to kill dangerous bugs such as E. coli.
“Right now, it’s not cost-effective,” says David Gombas, senior vice president of the United Fresh Produce Association. “It’ll take time and money to make it practical.”
So they put a “scare” headline over an article about something the food industry ISN’T going to do??? Why they figured this rated a three page article is anyone’s guess.
Personally, I’d prefer to take my chances with “mutant” spinach in my salad, rather than E. coli 0157:H7, but hey, that’s me. It’s a moot point for now, at any rate.
