Thanks, I appreciate your post.
And we are on the same side with irradiated and GMO foods.
We are really missing the boat by not irradiating more of our foods.
The great thing is that food wise, our country is so wealthy that the (irrational) desire for ‘natural’ foods can easily be met, and still we have surplus food to burn to fuel our cars and heat our homes.
I know. Ethanol. It is crazy. Burning food.
I have training in Nuclear Physics so I understand a little about the subject of irradiation, and if one took into account the huge amount of food-borne illnesses and the wastage of food going bad due to spoilage...the risk versus benefit analysis is a no-brainier.
I think the whole organic foods thing is a scam, but if it makes people feel better and safer, and they have the extra money to spend to satisfy that, then power to them. Just don’t impose it on me!