Lettuce Rejoice

Posted on August 28, 2008 | Comments Off on Lettuce Rejoice

Stole the headline from the Wall Street Journal. Just too good. Finally the hysterics have been (partially) quashed and irradiation of fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce can begin to reduce foodborne illness. Now if the scientifically illiterate and the politically-motivated can be overcome (or ignored) the feds can get on to irradiating the rest of the veggies to prevent e-coli and salmonella outbreaks. But, well, spinach, okay. But iceberg lettuce? Does anyone still buy that crep? I suppose it’s mainly used in cole slaw and to garnish hamburgers and other fast food.

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0 responses to “Lettuce Rejoice”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | August 30, 2008 at 5:07 am |

    Doesn’t mutant spinach monster come to mind where irradiation is concerned?
    Or giant man-eating salmonella? There could be some stuff for future horror movies in it. Imagine a secret government lab in the Rockies…

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | August 30, 2008 at 12:39 pm |

    Politicos who should know better have been imagining such stuff ever since the possibility of killing disease by irradiation came along. They’d rather some child died of foodborne disease than question their own galloping paranoia.