Effects of Food Irradiated with X-rays on White Webster’s Mice (Mus musculus) Linn.

Irradiating food is a common procedure today to preserve its quality and reduce spoilage. The popularity of this method inspired the researchers to conduct an experiment on irradiated food and its effects to human consumption. The researchers have done this experiment to discover its effects on living creatures. The experiment will try to answer the basic question if there is really a negative effect of food irradiation. The experiment involves white mice, pellets as food exposed to radiation with the help of an x-ray machine. The irradiated pellet was feed to a number of white mice for 30 days continuously. The results of experiment have identified some negative effects on white mice with the use of pellets irradiated with high intensity x-rays. The subject white mice suffer from weight loss, decrease on appetite on the last week of the experiment. One of the treated white mice died also on the last week of the experiment. There were inflammatory cells found on the hepatic tissue which indicated as hemorrhage and necrosis. The result will help and contribute on the readers to know more knowledge about food irradiation and its negative effects.

 

Keywords - Radiologic Technology, White mice, X-radiation,  Irradiation, Hemorrhage, Necrosis, Experimental Design, Philippines.