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Re: [GWL]: Irradiation of Mail & Plant Fallout

You are all wrong. As gardeners of the atomic age we should embrace this old technology. Irradiation has been used to create new varieties for over forty years. Do any of you remember the name of the H.T.rose created from irradiated seed. Wasn't it called Electron. Many of our accepted foods that we were raised on were created this way. This is an opportunity for all of us to have a chance to introduce a new plant variety.   LOL 


At 11:08 AM 10/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Since the US Postal Service has decided to buy cobalt-gamma ray irradiation
>equipment to sanitize the mail, we plant people have a big problem.  Seeds
>and live plants exposed to this irradiation will be altered genetically.
>Several seed companies have already contacted their elected representatives
>about this.  What can we do as individuals?  Should be we be worried?  I am.
>Does this mean that seeds (which are light in weight) will now have to be
>sent via UPS or Fed-EX at much higher rates?  How does this effect an
>already struggling garden industry?  Let the discussion begin.  And, email
>your elected representatives about your concerns.
>Doreen Howard
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