[ RadSafe ] Helen Caldicott

[Ruth Sponsler]

Hello Jeff -

There is a good set of rebuttals of Helen Caldicott at
this link:

http://search.blogger.com/?q=helen+caldicott+blogurl%3Aneinuclearnotes.blogspot.com&btnG=Search+Blogs&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&x=55&y=4&ui=blg

I believe that you have a case to request an
equal-time rebuttal.  

The fact that the show intends to feature *only* Helen
Caldicott, with *no* counterpoint demonstrates
anti-nuclear bias on the part of the media.  

~Ruth Sponsler
http://wesupportlee.blogspot.com/ 

--- Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Otto,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> I was going to be on a TV show with her in Chicago
> but they changed  
> the segment so it will just be her with no
> counterpoint. So  
> unfortunately, I won't have a chance to rebut what
> she has to say.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Mar 21, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Otto G. Raabe wrote:
> 
> > At 11:44 AM 3/21/2007, Jeff Terry wrote:
> >> Could someone give me some background information
> on Helen Caldicott?
> >
>
*****************************************************
> > March 21, 2007
> >
> > Helen Caldicott, whom I have met personally and
> heard speak at an  
> > antinuclear event, has dedicated her life to
> attacking all nuclear  
> > technology. In her autobiography ("A Desperate
> Passion"), which I  
> > have read, she says she was frightened by a book
> called "On the  
> > Beach" by Neville Shute which she read when a
> teenager, and her  
> > whole career has been an extension that
> experience. Although she  
> > obtained a medical degree in Australia in her
> youth, she only  
> > attempted to practice medicine for a short time
> before embarking on  
> > her personal lifetime career to rid the world of
> all things  
> > nuclear. (She is about 70 years old.) She will
> twist any issue and  
> > exaggerate any risk to accomplish her purpose. But
> she has no  
> > training in and only very limited knowledge of
> radiobiology,  
> > radiation safety, nuclear physics, radiochemistry,
> or environmental  
> > biology. She claims that radiation risk is a
> medical issue and she  
> > can speak about it because she has a medical
> degree. I believe that  
> > HER REAL PURPOSE IS TO GET ATTENTION FOR HER
> ANTI-NUCLEAR CAUSE BY  
> > ANY MEANS POSSIBLE!  She will go to any extreme,
> make any scary  
> > claim, and pretend any authority of knowledge to
> accomplish her  
> > purpose. I do not believe that she is a reliable
> source of  
> > information about radiation risks or  the possible
> medical effects  
> > of radiation.
> >
> > Otto
> >
> > **********************************************
> > Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
> > Center for Health & the Environment
> > University of California
> > One Shields Avenue
> > Davis, CA 95616
> > E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
> > Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140
> > ***********************************************
> 
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