The Good News About Those “Radioactive Shrimp”

The Good News About Those “Radioactive Shrimp”

Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration advised the public not to eat certain Great Value–brand raw frozen shrimp products for a rather unusual reason. Not because of contamination by bacteria like Salmonella, Listeria, or E. coli, which were responsible for more than a third of food recalls last year—but due to the shellfish containing Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. Yes, radioactive. U.S….

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