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According to the reading passage, there are
three benefits of irradiating foods to preserve them for a long time. In the
lecture, however, the professor contends that the irradiation process causes rather
serious problems.
First of all, the professor claims that
irradiation is not safe. He says that when pests survive from the irradiation process, stronger
organisms are created and even reproduced. The example of this is super bugs. This
contradicts the reading’s claim that irradiation is good process because it kills
insects and microscopic organisms on foods.
Furthermore, the instructor maintains that
irradiated foods have less nutrition. He explains that most Vitamin C which is
essential for people are destroyed by the process. On top of that, other
nutrition is also damaged by five percent to eighty percent. This questions the
reading’s assertion that irradiation is good for health because irradiation
preserves the nutrition of food.
Lastly, it is stated in the lecture that irradiating
makes foods taste bad. He says that to preserve for a long time, foods are irradiated before ripen, which makes customers to eat untasty foods. Although he amit that irradiating keeps food last perfectly, he argues that no one would likely to eat terrible tasty fooda. This rebuts the reading's argument that
irradiation is beneficial to preserve foods because it makes them last longer.
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