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Advantages Of Radioisotopes

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Radioisotopes for Killing Germs and Bacteria

Radioisotopes are isotopes that as they have an unstable nucleus because they are very big or because the number of protons and neutrons isn’t balanced therefore, they emit particles to become balanced, thus, they become radioactive isotopes, also known as radioisotopes. This can be beneficial, but it can also be extremely dangerous. Radioisotopes are used for numerous things; several examples: to spoilage and eliminating food-borne pathogens, such as salmonella, and treat cancer.

Using Radioisotopes for killing germs and bacteria is common, but it had it bad parts too. It is also known for food irradiation. Food irradiation is used to eliminate bacteria that cause diseases such as Campylobacter …show more content…

First, food irradiation gives advantages tot he big industries because they can allow the expensive mean of killing germs. If in the future, food irradiation were socially accepted, farms and little companies would be greatly economically depressed due to the consequences it would carry. (United States- Environmental Protection Agency). If to trade internationally, food irradiation would be a requirement, many farmers and small industries would be shut down and many jobs would be lost. This as you can see is very dangerous to the economy structure, as it would lead us to a vicious crisis. Food irradiation makes the cost go up by far, when cheaper alternatives are available and almost as efficient. According to the Consumers for Science in the Public Interest, said that beef for example, cost 75 cents more per pound if irradiated. Which shows how absurd the prices rise.

Adding everything up, food irradiation is still not completely proven to be a negative or positive thing. Further research from science will be done, and it is a “recent” approach to the problem. But for now, it is not proven to be dangerous at all. And it does its work efficiently to a certain extent despite its

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