<h2>Food Irradiation Summary</h2>
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<li>Food irradiation is the treatment of food with ionizing radiation.</li>
<li>Irradiating food can destroy insects and bacteria by creating free radicals and radiolytic products that can break apart cell membranes.</li>
<li>Food irradiation has produced no observable negative short-term effects for humans, but its long-term effects are unknown.</li>
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<h2>Glossary</h2>
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<h3>food irradiation</h3>
<p>treatment of food with ionizing radiation</p>
<h3>free radicals</h3>
<p>ions with unstable oxygen- or hydrogen-containing molecules</p>
<h3>radiolytic products</h3>
<p>compounds produced due to chemical reactions of free radicals</p>
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Summarizing Food Irradiation

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Summarizing Food Irradiation

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