[ RadSafe ] Fwd: OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA BILL INFORMATION

[John Jacobus]

Otto,
I was told a number of years ago that scientific study
only accounts of a small component when laws are
written.  Also, politicians are beholding to their
constituents.  

That is the reality of life. 


--- Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The name of the Californian governor reads
> "Schwarzenegger" and not
> "Schwartzenegger".
> 
> This "Senate Bill" is once again a proof that
> politics and science obviously
> have no connection. This bill falls under the
> category of politics and
> "public opinion". It is the right of politicians not
> to listen to
> scientists.
> 
> But Sec. 2, b is a slap into the face of scientists.
> Or does it reflect
> latest unpublished secret research? DU has according
> to this part of the
> bill a distinct half-life - so it must be a very
> special new isotope of
> uranium(?), until now unknown. The kidney damage is
> to my knowledge caused
> by the toxic properties of the metal uranium and not
> by the particles (to my
> knowledge helium-4 nuclei and electrons emitted from
> DU). The bill should
> explain, how helium-4 nuclei and electrons can be
> inhaled or ingested. Are
> they served in restaurants in soups, fried, grilled,
> boiled, ready for
> ingestions?
> 
> What to think of a bill, which does not consider
> even the most basic
> scientific background? (Rhetoric question.)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Franz
> 
> 
>
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> 
> 
> 2006/8/24, Otto Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu>:
> >
> > At 09:23 AM 8/24/2006, roger helbig wrote:
> > >California DU bill passed - will become law if
> Gov
> > >Schwartzenegger signs.
> >
> > AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 7, 2006
> > AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 17, 2006
> > SENATE BILL No. 1720
> > Introduced by Senator Chesbro
> > February 24, 2006
> > An act to add Section 399 to the Military and
> Veterans Code,
> > relating to uranium screening.
> >
> > LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL's DIGEST:
> >
> > SB 1720, as amended, Chesbro. Armed Forces:
> uranium screening.
> > Existing law provides for certain rights and
> privileges for active
> > members of the Armed Force, reservists, and
> veterans of the Armed
> > Forces, including members of the California
> National Guard.
> > This bill would require the Secretary of
> > the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or
> his or her
> > designees, to assist an eligible member, as
> defined, or veteran in
> > obtaining a best practice health screening for
> exposure to depleted
> > uranium, as described. A member or veteran would
> be eligible to
> > receive the assistance when he or she returns to
> this state after service
> > in specified combat zones if he or she has been
> assigned a risk level I,
> > II, or III for depleted uranium exposure, has been
> referred by a
> > military physician, or has reason to believe that
> he or she was exposed
> > to depleted uranium during their service. This
> bill would require the
> > Secretary of the California Department of Veterans
> Affairs,
> > or his or her designees, to develop a plan for
> outreach to eligible
> >
> > The people of the State of California do enact as
> follows:
> >
> > SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be
> cited as the
> > Veterans Health and Safety Act of 2006.
> > SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of
> the
> > following:
> > (a) Depleted uranium is a chemically toxic,
> radioactive heavy
> > metal that is created as waste during nuclear fuel
> and weapons
> > production.
> > (b) Depleted uranium, which has a radioactive
> half-life of four
> > and one-half billion years, emits radioactive
> particles that may
> > cause kidney and lung damage, may cause cancer
> when inhaled
> > or ingested, and may cause genetic mutations that
> are carried to
> > future generations.
> > (c) Depleted uranium munitions and armor have been
> used
> > extensively by the United States Armed Forces
> since the 1991
> > Gulf War. Veterans living in California who served
> in combat
> > theaters in the first Gulf War, and veterans who
> served after the
> > first Gulf War, may have been exposed to depleted
> uranium in
> > unknown doses with unknown consequences to their
> health.
> > (d) The purpose of this act is to safeguard the
> health of
> > California's veterans by assisting them in
> obtaining federal
> > treatment services, including best practice health
> screening tests
> > capable of detecting low levels of depleted
> uranium.
> > SEC. 3. Section 399 is added to the Military and
> Veterans
> > Code, to read:
> > 399. (a) (1) The Secretary of the
> > California Department of Veterans Affairs, or his
> or her
> > designees, shall assist any eligible member or
> veteran who
> > returns or has returned to this state in obtaining
> a best practice
> > members and veterans, as described, regarding
> > depleted uranium.
> >         This bill also makes findings regarding
> the health risks of
> > exposure to
> > depleted uranium and the purpose of the bill to
> assist California's
> > veterans in obtaining federal treatment services
> to detect exposure to
> > depleted uranium.health screening test for
> exposure to depleted uranium.
> > The
> > screening should consist of a bioassay procedure
> capable of
> > detecting depleted uranium at low levels and
> discriminating
> > between different uranium isotopes. State funds
> shall not be used
> > to pay for the tests or any other federal
> treatment services.
> > (2) The eligible member or veteran must return or
> have
> > returned to this state after service in an area
> where depleted
> > uranium was used or that was designated as a
> combat zone by the
> > President of the United States after 1990. The
> eligible member or
> > veteran shall either be assigned a risk level I,
> II, or III for
> > depleted uranium exposure by his or her branch of
> service, be
> > referred by a military physician, or have reason
> to believe that he
> > or she was exposed to depleted uranium during his
> or her service.
> > (b) (1) In order to effectively provide the
> assistance required
> > by subdivision (a), the Secretary of the
> > California Department of Veterans Affairs, or
> their his or her
> > designees, shall develop and implement a plan for
> outreach to
> > eligible members and veterans who have returned
> from combat
> > areas where depleted uranium was used.
> > (2) The outreach plan shall provide information to
> eligible
> > members and veterans concerning their potential
> exposure to
> > depleted uranium, the possible hazards associated
> with exposure,
> > and the right to federal depleted uranium
> screening services.
> > (c) For purposes of this section, all of the
> following apply:
> 
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+++++++++++++++++++
>From an article about physicians doing clinical studies: 

"It was just before an early morning meeting, and I was really trying to get to the bagels, but I couldn't help overhearing a conversation between one of my statistical colleagues and a surgeon.

Statistician: "Oh, so you have already calculated the P value?"

Surgeon: "Yes, I used multinomial logistic regression."

Statistician: "Really? How did you come up with that?"

Surgeon: "Well, I tried each analysis on the SPSS drop-down menus, and that was the one that gave the smallest P value"."

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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