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Food irradiation debate continues
By Travis Butler Kansan staff writer
Debate continues about whether using radiation to sterilize food, a process known as food irradiation, is safe.
Irradiation is a process where food is exposed to a large dose of radiation for a short period of time, said Benjamin Friesen, radiation safety officer for Radiation Safety Service.
"There is no doubt that radiation can cause molecular reactions in biological material," Friesen said. "The controversy centers on whether any of the by-products of irradiation could be hazardous."
The radiation kills all bacteria in the food, he said.
"For example, if the material is sealed and sterilized this way, it can be on the shelf an indefinite period of time if it remains sealed." Frissen
ucts, he said.
While he acknowledged that he had not dealt with irradiation for some time, Friesen said he was not worried about the effects of irradiated foods.
It also produces certain by-prod-
"To my knowledge, there is no evidence of any untoward effect as a result."
Josef Scales, founder of the local chapter of the National Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation, does not agree.
radiolytic products, or URPs," he said. "Those are broken-up molecules that are floating around, and they can connect up with any other molecules."
"Irradiation creates unique
Quoting a report prepared by the co-founder of the national coalition, he said, "Compounds such as benzine, ethyl benzine, toluene, trimethyl benzine and dimethyl sulfide are found in irradiated meats."
These compounds are accused of causing cancer, he said.
irradiated wheat.
There are alternatives to irradiation, Scales said. They include cold storage, drying, fermentation, heating some foods before cold storage, oxygen deprivation by carbon dioxide blasting and infrared radiation, or ordinary heat rays.
Seales also quoted from a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition dated February 1975. The report said that children with malnutrition who were fed irradiated wheat developed abnormal cells, which disappeared after the withdrawal of the
But Friesen said there were some situations where ordinary perservation methods affected the quality of the food. Irradiation would not affect them in the same way; however, he said, irradiation can change the taste of food.
He said that with normal procedure, the food never comes in contact with radioactive material and does not become radioactive itself.
Profs gain insight from Far East trip
After six weeks in the Far East, some KU faculty members are prepared to share the business secrets that have made Japan an economic superpower.
By Rich Cornell Kansan staff writer
Marylin Taylor, associate professor of business, and 11 other KU business professors spent three and a half weeks in Japan and two and a half weeks in South Korea. They
returned Aug. 21.
Taylor said she would teach the value of hustle to her strategic-planning classes this semester. Taylor said she realized the value of hard work while attending seminars during the trip.
"People in Japan don't walk places, they run," Taylor said. "The Japanese people are willing to pay the high costs of success."
ect Abroad grant. The grant is awarded to only one college academic department annually, said Carol Rose, director of grant development for the University of Kansas.
The group received financing from a $64,000 Fulbright-Hays Group Pro-
Rose said KU's business department competed for the grant with hundreds of academic departments nationwide. The department won the grant after convincing the Fulbright committee that it could apply the experience to the classroom, she said.
"These grants stress international area studies and culture." Rose said.
George Pinches, professor of business, was part of the group as well. He said it took him five seconds to decide to make the trip. "I said, 'When will you ever have an opportunity to do something like this?' "
Most of the six-week trip was spent visiting businesses to learn how they operate, Pinches said. The group also engaged in cultural and sightseeing activities.
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