FW: [ RadSafe ] FW: Canada proposes refinery, dump

[Steven Dapra]

June 7

         James Salsman wrote (to Bob Cherry), "You never published a word 
on uranium genotoxicity or teratology the entire time you were responsible 
for uranium munitions safety."

         What have you ever published, James?  And I don't mean in some 
junky ideological rag that was "peer-reviewed" by Helen Caldicott or Doug 
Rokke.  What have you ever published?

Steven Dapra


At 05:55 PM 6/7/08 -0500, Bob Cherry wrote:
>Radsafers,
>
>I thought you might enjoy Salsman's childish private response to my 
>earlier note. It is immediately below this submission. The earlier thread 
>then follows. I also refer to an earlier Salsman attack on me in the 
>Radsafe archives.

[edit]

>Robert N. Cherry, Jr., PhD, CHP
>Colonel, U.S. Army (retired)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Salsman [mailto:jsalsman at gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 1:43 PM
>To: bobcherry at satx.rr.com
>Subject: [ RadSafe ] FW: Canada proposes refinery, dump
>
>Bob,
>
>If you agree to sue me for libel, I will gladly give you my attorney's 
>address.  Your own accusation of libel is libel against me, and I am 100% 
>confident that I can prove my accusations.  The truth is an absolute 
>defense.  You never published a word on uranium genotoxicity or teratology 
>the entire time you were responsible for uranium munitions safety.
>
>Are we in court?
>
>James
>----------------
>
>Interesting. Non sequiturs and libelous correspondence from an obvious crank.
>
>Bob C
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Salsman [mailto:jsalsman at gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:24 PM
>To: tlam at freepress.com
>Cc: bobcherry at satx.rr.com
>Subject: Re: Canada proposes refinery, dump
>
>Dear Ms. Lam:
>
>I am embarrassed that Bob Cherry said he was "objecting to your biased, 
>sloppy, and lazy use of the English language in a news article in my 
>hometown newspaper" for the use of a word (dump) in a direct quote in a 
>headline.
>
>Dr. Cherry is a retired Army Colonel.  During the late 1990s, he was, in a 
>small capacity, responsible for determining the health issues of depleted 
>uranium munitions.  During that time, he completely neglected the chemical 
>genotoxicity and teratogenicity of uranium, even though it has been well 
>established since at least 1954.  In a just world, such negligence would 
>result in a lengthy jail sentence.
>
>I recommend that you profile him and his work.
>
>James Salsman
>Sunnyvale, California