[ RadSafe ] RadSafe - an international list?

[William Lipton]

As I've always said, "0.02835 kg of prevention is worth 0.4536 kg of cure."
(I'm not one to hide my light under a 35.24 liter basket!)

Bill Lipton
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.


On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <
Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov> wrote:

> Hi, Franz.
>
> I don't disagree with you, though I despair it will come to pass.  I
> remember my bitterness in high school (back in the 70s) when I learned the
> metric system, and that the US was supposed to have switched over, but was
> held back by the "They'll take away my 7/16 inch crescent wrench when they
> pry it from my cold (in degrees F) dead fingers" crowd.  I credit that
> success with the rise of the anti-evolution, anti-vaccination, and
> Abstinence Only movements.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:
> radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Franz Schönhofer
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:01 PM
> To: 'Jeff Terry'
> Cc: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] RadSafe - an international list?
>
> Jeff and RADSAFErs,
>
> As far as I remember RADSAFE is an international list. I am "impressed" by
> the many pCi of Rn-222 cited in very recent contributions (which by the way
> are not really scientifically impressive!), but almost everywhere on this
> earth one uses the nowadays correct units like Bq or Sv or Gy, meter etc.
> The big and influencial journals - also the US based ones like "Health
> Physics" - have since decades banned the old Ci and rem units, not to talk
> about feet, inches, miles etc. SI units are the only ones to be used in
> scientific journals.
>
> I would advocate, that at RADSAFE SI units should be used as well, not only
> because of its internationality, but also because RADSAFE is a SCIENTIFIC
> list.
>
> We did not have this discussion for quite a few years on RADSAFE, but it
> should not be forgotten.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Franz
>
> Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
> MinRat i.R.
> Habicherg. 31/7
> A-1160 Wien/Vienna
> AUSTRIA
>
>
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