Second Assignment

The most interesting source so far is http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/403/Prejeanpap.html. Its a research assignment done by a Jonathan Elliot Prejean a student attending Harvard law school. His research compiles all the information about Food irradiation. He provides the definition of food irradiation and where it is being practiced. Also his paper is argumentative claim that food irradiation is a good way to decrease the risk of food borne illness and should be used in the US.

According to Jonathan Food Irradiation has the potential to reduce the amount of food borne illness in the U.S. It seems to be the only way to remove Salmonella from poultry, which puts consumers at risk of under-cooked food. Irradiation would eliminates that problem. If irradiation were constantly used on ground beef, the problem of E. coli would be no more. Poultry irradiation has been approved for nearly 10 years, but the rate of irradiation for consumer poultry is 0.2%. The economic losses due to Salmonella an estimated $2.4 billion. Basically he believes that the process food irradiation will not only benefit our health, but also our economy.

A few set backs I guess would be that I want to argue the dangers of food irradiation and why it shouldn't be used but, I have yet to find a source to back me up. I the source I have found list the risk and then apply a rebuttal saying that the risk are insignificant. Hopefully I will find someone who is at least skeptical about the topic.