Food Safety - Artificial Dyes, Modification, Irradiation, Antibiotics

How Safe Is Our New Food Technology?

By Sari Harrar
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Europeans have said no to food technology we've embraced. So, how safe is it?

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