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I can’t believe this is real The FDA just accepted a petition to irradiate raw enriched wheat flour with up to 30 kilogray of ionizing radiation to kill off E. coli and Salmonella “For context, 3 to 4 kilogray would be instantly lethal to humans — Apart from the immense radiation, it's worth mentioning what's already happening to your flour. Conventional milling strips the bran and germ entirely, removing most of the fiber, magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins. A 2021 paper in the journal Nutrients links refined grain consumption to gut dysbiosis and systemic inflammation. To cut to the chase, what this means is the baseline product is already working against your microbiome. Now add in a high dose of ionizing radiation on top of that…” “More research shows irradiation at any level can further degrade B vitamins. So just to be clear, here's what's happening. Conventional milling strips the natural B vitamins, which are then added back with synthetic versions. This new irradiation process would zap the enriched flour, which has the potential to degrade the added synthetic B vitamins. You can't make this up” For context on the radiation measurements, the mentioned numbers above are off: For radiation, whole-body acute exposure around 3–4 Gy (Gray) is often cited as potentially lethal Food irradiation uses kGy (1 kGy = 1,000 Gy) and the energy is targeted at the food product, not a living organism’s whole body. FDA has approved up to 30 kGy for dry spices, herbs, and seasonings for microbial control. Lower doses are used for other purposes like insect control in wheat and flour. They’ve even used higher for pathogens in meat and poultry Irradiation does not make food radioactive but it does damage microbial DNA to kill and inactivate pathogens The issue here is why do we need to do this. There has to be other ways than using something that damages DNA on our food Join and share: @catturd2✅️