[ RadSafe ] German radiophobia

[jjcohen at prodigy.net]

John,
    I didn't mean to imply that ALL democrats are radiophobic.  Probably it
is something less than  90%, but that is bad enough..
    If you want an example of congressional radiophobia; how about the
killing of the proposed BRC regulation!

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
To: <jjcohen at prodigy.net>; <Rainer.Facius at dlr.de>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] German radiophobia


> Jerry,
> Are you sure that all democrates in Congress are
> radiophobes, or are you making a rash statement
> without any proof?  Have you seen any laws passed by
> Congress that has stopped the building of nuclear
> power plants by this or any previous Congress?
>
> --- jjcohen at prodigy.net wrote:
>
> > John,
> >     If you are looking for a substantial group of
> > radiophobes, check out the
> > membership of the
> > U.S. Congress, particularly the democrats.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
> > To: <Rainer.Facius at dlr.de>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:26 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] German radiophobia
> >
> >
> > > Rainer,
> > > Thanks for the posting.
> > >
> > > What I was asking is do you know personally know
> > of
> > > anyone who has a fear of chronic low level
> > ionizing
> > > radiation.  That is, a friend, family member, or
> > > coworker.
> > >
> > > I believe that we associate with people who are
> > like
> > > ourselves.  If you read, have a college education,
> > and
> > > a good job, you will associate yourself with like
> > > individuals. I really do not know of anyone who
> > truly
> > > fears radiation, but I read about them all the
> > time.
> > > I wonder where they all are?  In Germany?
> > >
> > > I assume that the article you quote from is not
> > from a
> > > publication that you normally read.  Of course we
> > have
> > > similar publications in the United States.  We are
> > > just more taken with celebrities
> > >
> > > http://www.nationalenquirer.com/mikewalker/63427
> > >
> > > --- Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > Some time ago John Jacobus asked me in the
> > context
> > > > of Chernobyl's Reduced Impact:
> > > >
> > > > "Do you know of anyone who has a fear of chronic
> > low
> > > > level ionizing radiation exposure?"
> > > >
> > > > Here is the n+1. example of (German) lunatic
> > > > radiophobia - or is it radiophobic lunacy? -
> > again
> > > > in the context of Chernobyl:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> (http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,378997,00.html)
> > > >
> > > > "Flüchtlinge in Weißrussland: Asyl im
> > verstrahlten
> > > > Niemandsland"
> > > > ("Refugees in Belorussia: Asylum in the
> > > > 'verstrahlten' No-man's-land")
> > > >
> > > > As I stated previously, I know of no way to
> > convey
> > > > the meaning of this word "verstrahlt" as a
> > German
> > > > layman will absorb it. "Overexposed to
> > radiation"
> > > > would be a phrase which approaches its technical
> > > > content to some extent. The German layman will
> > more
> > > > likely assimilate this title as: Asylum in
> > > > Radiation-Death-Valley.
> > > >
> > > > The story:
> > > > The Belorussian dictator Lukashenko plans to get
> > rid
> > > > of unwanted refugees from Afghanistan by
> > deporting
> > > > them to the Gomel district, a region which
> > counts
> > > > among the areas most heavily contaminated by the
> > > > Chernobyl accident. Of cause, these poor people
> > are
> > > > doomed.
> > > >
> > > > The facts:
> > > > While it is true that the Gomel district belongs
> > to
> > > > the three most heavily contaminated areas, the
> > > > remainder of the truth is that by the year 2000
> > the
> > > > total (external+internal) annual radiation
> > exposure
> > > > of people living in the Gomel-Bryansk area was
> > well
> > > > below 1 to 2 mSv, a fraction of the natural
> > exposure
> > > > of people living in the Massif Central or in
> > > > Cornwall.
> > > >
> > > > Hille R, Hill P, Heineman K, Ramzaev V,
> > Barkovski A,
> > > > Konoplia V, Neth R, Current development of the
> > human
> > > > and environmental contamination in the
> > Bryansk-Gomel
> > > > spot after the Chernobyl accident. Radiation and
> > > > Environmental Biophysics 39(2000)99-109
> > > >
> > > > Yet, who cares about facts. Phobia (Angst)
> > sells!
> > > >
> > > > Rainer
> > >
> > >
> > > +++++++++++++++++++
> > > On Oct. 5, 1947, in the first televised White
> > House address, President
> > Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat
> > on Tuesdays and poultry
> > on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving
> > people in Europe.
> > >
> > > -- John
> > > John Jacobus, MS
> > > Certified Health Physicist
> > > e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> +++++++++++++++++++
> On Oct. 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President
Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry
on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.
>
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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