Shucks, I had a feeling this was too good to be true..<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;irradiation_dangers.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;irradiation_danger...</a><p>EDIT:  rspeer, fair request..<p>&gt; The sensitivity of vitamins to radiation is unpredictable and food vitamin losses during the irradiation are often substantial. [0]<p>&gt; Using a Co60 source, repeated irradiation of survivors of bacterial cultures at a level initially destroying a high proportion of cells gave rise to strains which were more resistant to irradiation than the original cultures.[1]<p>&gt; Fecal coliform concentrations higher than 10(2) CFU&#x2F;g (Brazilian standard) were found in 97 (73%) of the samples, and Salmonella was detected in 4 (3%) of the samples.[2]<p>0: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scielo.br&#x2F;scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1516-89132009000500026" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scielo.br&#x2F;scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1516...</a><p>1: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nrcresearchpress.com&#x2F;doi&#x2F;abs&#x2F;10.1139&#x2F;m61-027" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nrcresearchpress.com&#x2F;doi&#x2F;abs&#x2F;10.1139&#x2F;m61-027</a><p>2: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;17536694" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;17536694</a><p>---<p>&gt; a blatant agenda<p>Here&#x27;s a couple more in-depth articles on food irradiation to review his bias and see if you can trust his info in the future:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;nuclear_lunch.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;nuclear_lunch.htm</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;irradiation.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mercola.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;irradiated&#x2F;irradiation.htm</a>