Site of the Day for Thursday, April 10, 2003 Food Irradiation From the Iowa State University Extension Food Safety Project comes this informative site on food irradiation. Gentle Members with less than all the facts surrounding this still controversial process will find down-to-earth material from this reputable source. The site offers articles explaining the food irradiation process, its uses, regulations governing its application and the nutritional quality of irradiated foods. An animated view of a linear accelerator used in food irradiation provides a helpful visual. In addition, the site covers the history of irradiation, consumer questions about the process, a glossary of terms as well as links to further information. Forage over to the website for sound data on food irradiation at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/rad/irradhome.html A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.