SV: [ RadSafe ] I-131 Patients and Taxi driver

[Sandy Perle]

Barbara,

I had a similar, but not completely situation. I was contacted by the
Property Manager for the NCIS series and requested to provide dosimeters for
one of their episodes where an individual was intentionally poisoned and did
subsequently die. He sent me the script and asked for a review, which I did.
While accurate in many respects, there were some errors, but not
significant. The writers elected not to make the script changes. In the
meantime, our badges were worn and displayed in various scenes. I learned
that the TV writers were interested in facts and did make an effort to
provide accurate information. In this case, it was not about sensationalism
at all.

Regards,

Sandy

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-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
Of BLHamrick at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:17 PM
To: mso at forsmark.vattenfall.se; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: SV: [ RadSafe ] I-131 Patients and Taxi driver

 
Interestingly, I am aware that the writers of that CSI episode, in  fact, 
contacted competent experts regarding I-131 and other  radiopharmaceuticals,
but 
when the realities were explained to the writers,  their response was "well,

that's not interesting...we can't use that..." and  they went about their
merry 
way, making up whatever horrors they deemed to be  sufficiently dramatic for

prime time.
 
Sad.
 
Barbara L. Hamrick
 
In a message dated 2/13/2008 10:07:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
mso at forsmark.vattenfall.se writes:

Speaking  of exposure to I-131...

Maybe this was up before I joined this list,  but a few years ago there was 
an upsettingly inaccurate episode of "CSI Miami"  where a woman was poisoned

with I-131 spiked orange juice. It was funny to  see/hear all the errors but
a 
bit tragic too. It didn't help one bit to  educate the masses on radioation
and 
its effects. Another disturbing detail is  that when the producers were 
criticised, they said that this is a drama and  the script has to be adapted

accordingly. At other times the CSI shows are  claimed to be quite well
researched.


 



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