Does anyone know if health care products are x-rayed as part of
security if shipped from overseas? I am considering buying Shilajit from India. Paul |
Depends on what is in them.
All spices imported into the U.S.A. are required by law to be irradiated. IIRC this is gamma radiation. I suspect that this is worse than microwave, but have no evidence. There are probably others that are irradiated with various frequencies. William --- In [hidden email], "sctdh" <bmfb@...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if health care products are x-rayed as part of > security if shipped from overseas? I am considering buying Shilajit > from India. > > Paul > |
Does anyone have a sense of how bad this is. Does anyone take these kinds of products anyway?
skrzn <[hidden email]> wrote: Depends on what is in them. All spices imported into the U.S.A. are required by law to be irradiated. IIRC this is gamma radiation. I suspect that this is worse than microwave, but have no evidence. There are probably others that are irradiated with various frequencies. William --- In [hidden email], "sctdh" <bmfb@...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if health care products are x-rayed as part of > security if shipped from overseas? I am considering buying Shilajit > from India. > > Paul > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
The biggest effects on ES people are from direct personal exposure to EM
waves. Products which have been irradiated in the past will have zero or tiny radiation effects - it does not get stored inside the substance, but passes straight through, killing bacteria etc on the way. The most significant concern about food irradiation in the past has been whether it might be misused on meat etc which is "past its best", killing any bacteria present but leaving behind any harmful residues. This would affect anyone, and is a chemical rather than EM problem - although as electrosensitives often have weakened immune systems they could be more susceptible. However, this is a rather different situation to spices and medicinal items shipped direct from overseas. I'd suggest therefore that this is a very small concern compared to the many major ones faced by ES people in everyday life. Ian _____ From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of laidback Sent: 21 October 2007 00:18 To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [eSens] Re: X-Rays of products shipped from overseas? Does anyone have a sense of how bad this is. Does anyone take these kinds of products anyway? skrzn <WilliamSchnell@ <mailto:WilliamSchnell%40operamail.com> operamail.com> wrote: Depends on what is in them. All spices imported into the U.S.A. are required by law to be irradiated. IIRC this is gamma radiation. I suspect that this is worse than microwave, but have no evidence. There are probably others that are irradiated with various frequencies. William --- In eSens@yahoogroups. <mailto:eSens%40yahoogroups.com> com, "sctdh" <bmfb@...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if health care products are x-rayed as part of > security if shipped from overseas? I am considering buying Shilajit > from India. > > Paul > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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