[ RadSafe ] " Technology to detect radiation has progressed "

[Steven Dapra]

Aug. 22

John:

         There is a lot of merit to your suggestion that regression may be 
a better word. Instead of man controlling technology, a lot of technology 
is controlling man, and a lot is being used to *control* man --  the latter 
in some singularly unsavory ways.

Steven Dapra


At 02:49 PM 8/22/07 -0700, John R Johnson wrote:
>Radsafers
>
>A major problem is NORM in the gas industry. I've seen pipes on rail cars 
>being "turned back" at the recyclying yard in Prince George, BC to Fort 
>Nelson, BC. No problem was found in Fort Nelson so it was sent back to 
>Prince George. This apparently happen quite often.
>
>I don't work "up there" but I have heard that its a common experience.
>
>It could be that this is a case where the"Technology to detect radiation 
>has progressed" but I don't know what happen before the Prince George yard 
>had monitors.
>
>Maybe it should be called regression!
>
>***************
>John R Johnson, PhD
>CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
>Vancouver, B. C.
>Canada
>(604) 222-9840
>idias at interchange.ubc.ca


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