blake wrote on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:24:47 GMT:

>> On Feb 22, 12:21 pm, blake murphy > wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:17:13 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Black pepper has long been recognized as a stimulant to
>>>>> appetite as well as an aid in the relief of nausea. In
>>>>> India it is being used since time immemorial as a medicine
>>>>> for a number of health problems. fevers, flatulence, gums,
>>>>> indigestion, reumatism, sore throat,
>>>
>>>> All or nearly all black pepper imported into the U.S. is
>>>> irradiated. Why did you not mention that? Have you
>>>> already made the decision that food irradiation is safe for
>>>> everyone, and therefore you should not propagate that
>>>> information to consumers? Did someone pay you to do that?
>>>> You don't want consumers to have complete information when
>>>> making buying decisions? Why is that?
>>>
>>> Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to irradiating
>>> water, why, there are studies underway to irradiate salt,
>>> flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk...peppercorns.
>>> peppercorns, Mandrake, children's peppercorns.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> jack
>>
>> I'm so grateful that I wasn't drinking anything when your
>> post came up.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton

> irradiated milk would be the worst.

Do people seriously believe that nuclear particles persist in foods
after irradiation? If not, I wonder what they are afraid of? Having seen
some of the side effects of folk medicine, I'm distinctly suspicious of
that too. That's not to say there are not useful natural products but I
remember an Amazon tribe with one of the world's highest incidences of
stomach cancer caused by a quite effective throat gargle.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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