Where can I purchase irradiated chicken? Some grocery stores don't even know what I'm talking about. Therese Jones Response: There is no irradiated chicken being sold to the public in Florida.

We've irradiated food to make it safer for over a century. That doesn't mean it's always a good thing, though. Authorities subsequently detected elevated levels of the radioisotope Cesium-137 (Cs-137) ...

PAULLINA, Iowa --Food safety has become a major subject of importance to consumers. One reason why food safety has become so important is that new types of bacteria causing serious illness to people ...

Thorough cooking kills E. coli and other germs, but people don t always get their meat hot enough. Still, Americans get more irradiated foods than they realize. About a third of commercial spices the ...

Con la marca Atomik y una certificación de libre de radiactividad, el licor artesanal forma parte de un plan para resucitar la agricultura de la región y ayudar a los residentes que viven cerca del ...

William R. Stratton and Donald Petersen How many times must we be shocked by outbreaks of severe and even fatal illnesses from contaminated ground beef and poultry—and even spinach—before we demand ...

During the early 1900s, thousands of infants throughout the country died from such diseases as typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, tuberculosis and gastroenteritis, all of which were spread ...

I am writing to express my concern about the possible weakening or elimination of labeling requirements for irradiated food under consideration by the Food and Drug Administration. Food irradiation is ...

Mark Bittman, noted Minimalist and food-policy writer for the New York Times and New York Times Magazine wrote an article last year about irradiated food. He says we are in the midst of a "food crisis ...

Whether the end result is a deadly illness or a striking change in the next generation, the impact of genetic mutations caused by radiation is not fully understood. To learn more about these effects, ...