Irradiation has the potential to adversely effect the health of our family.
We are disturbed that the Food and Drug Administration approved this process, particularly for seeds that sprout, the sprouts of which will not be labeled. No toxicity studies have been done on the sprouts that grow from irradiated seeds. The research used to approve the irradiation of sprouting seeds was the same flawed research used to approve the irradiation of food directly. The FDA approved the irradiation of sprouting seeds at a maximum dose of 8 kiloGray, though data was submitted on the nutritional changes in sprouting seeds irradiated at only 6 kiloGray. Sprouts resulting from irradiated seeds will not be labeled.