Much as famine relief organizations are getting tired of ignorant anti-biotech protesters, the grown-ups at the World Health Organization are getting tired of the reckless kids at Ralph Nader's group Public Citizen. The WHO angrily denies Public Citizen's report claiming that irradiating food to kill bacteria is dangerous (see ACSH's booklet on the topic as well):
Gerald Moy, a food safety scientist at WHO, told United Press International he was "pretty miffed" at the charges in the report. "Public Citizen has never provided us with any documentation to support their charges that irradiation does all these things," Moy said. "It's ludicrous," he added, noting 500 studies have found irradiated food to be safe.
from a UPI article by Steve Mitchell, October 8.