Environmental Button
name: label: maker
content: Donnelly/Colt
notes: label: Description
content: Food processing companies use ionizing radiation to kill bacteria, molds, viruses, and insects in order to prevent spoilage and stop the proliferation of disease-causing organisms. Even though food irradiation was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is currently permitted in over forty countries, it is still opposed by many people who view it as “unnatural.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Food
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Environmental Buttons
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0014.1137
label: accession number
content: 2003.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0014.1137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .33 cm x 4.3 cm; x 1/8 in x 1 11/16 in