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In an ecosystem, food chains become interconnected to form food webs. (Illustration is from The Economy of Nature, by Robert E. Ricklefs. Copyright 1983 by Chiron Press. Reprinted by permission of W. H. Freeman and Company.)
The treatment of food with ionizing radiation has been in practice for nearly a century since the first irradiation process patents were filed in 1905. Regular use of the technology in food processing started in 1963 when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sale of irradiated wheat and wheat flour. Today irradiation treatment is used on a wide variety of food products and is regulated in the United States...
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