We know that radiation can seriously affect the thyroid gland . If food is affected by radiation are there implications for the thyroid?
I ask because of widespread reports that food from Fukushima in Japan ,the site of a major nuclear incident eight years ago is on its way to Europe as part of a major EU trade deal. The somewhat biased account I read suggested the main beneficiary was France selling champagne ,wine and various foodstuffs to Japan.
Of course the EU thinks the food is now safe but one French MEP intends to object. I am reminded that lamb in the parts of the UK affected by Chernobyl was banned from sale for many more years.
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Radiation itself from outside which merely bathes the food in radioactive pulses, but doesn't enter the food directly, does not seriously change foodstuffs if properly done. It's the continuing presence of the radiation atoms within whatever is eaten or drunk that is the danger. Note however that every day we take in natural potassium in some form or another from food. The potassium atoms contain some radioactive K-40. We can't live wthout potassium so we have to take it. At the level of radiation it is totally insignificant. If you put a Geiger Counter up to a bottle of potassium chloride solid, the radiation clearly shows up.
Pictures showing the devastation of the tsunami do not in any way illuminate any possible radiation issues. (Yes, of course, it was the tsunami that caused the problem.)
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