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A comment on Ask HN: Why isn't radiation used to sterilize raw foods (like sashimi, eggs)?.

Re:Ask HN: Why isn't radiation used to sterilize raw foods (... by xilinx_guy on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:07PM (#34573751)
High energy radiation breaks organic bonds all over the place, resulting in changes in color, taste, and nutrition, not to mention carcinogenic tendencies.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820857/

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't radiation used to sterilize raw foods (... by version_five on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:28PM (#34573918)
Can anyone vouch for that journal "International Journal of Medical Sciences"?

It seems like there's a lot of imaginary radiation==cancer stuff going around, it's not clear to me if this study is a one-of or if it's generally accepted that there is a danger. I suspect it's the former

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't radiation used to sterilize raw foods (... by thfuran on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:44PM (#34574026)
Why is that surprising? Grilling also produces carcinogens.
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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't radiation used to sterilize raw foods (... by stevebmark on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:51PM (#34574081)
They cite quite a few other studies. The nutrition part about rats is really interesting, I had no idea radiation had such an effect on the nutritional content of food.
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